Right to access and communicate with international bodies

• Vietnam: Family of POC Huynh Truong Ca Questioned about Receiving Humanitarian Support
  May 1, 2019

  On 2 April 2019, the family of local prisoner of conscience Huynh Truong Ca was questioned about humanitarian supports it has been receiving.

• Vietnam: Vietnamese Prison Refuses to Mail Jailed Activist’s Appeal Request
  May 1, 2019

  Since 5 Feburary 2019, Phan Kim Khanh, democracy advocate and blogger who is serving a six-year jail sentence for “spreading propaganda against the state” has been unable to send letters requesting a sentence appeal for his case.

• Vietnam: Wife of Prisoner of Conscience Truong Minh Duc Detained after Participating in Vietnam’s UPR
  February 28, 2019

  On 21 February 2019, Ms. Nguyen Kim Thanh, wife of prisoner of conscience Truong Minh Duc, was detained by security officers after she participated in Vietnam’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva in late January.

• China: Student protesters detained after talking to foreign media
  February 2, 2019

  On 21 January 2019, seven members of Marxism study groups at two top universities were detained amid a nationwide crackdown on Maoist supporters of a labor movement in the southern province of Guangdong.

• Thailand: Former Political Prisoner, Truong Duy Nhat, Disappeared In Thailand After Seeking Refugee Status With UN
  February 2, 2019

  On 25 January 2019, Truong Duy Nhat, former political prisoner, disappeared; he was last seen at the office of the UN HCR – The Refugee Agency in Bangkok, Thailand.

• Vietnam: Vietnamese Police Torch Farm Equipment of Dissident Religious Figure
  November 14, 2018

  On 9 November 2018, Hua Phi—head of the Cao Dai Church in Lam Dong province’s Duc Trong district and a strong advocate for freedom of religion and belief – came home to find that his property had been set on fire by police who were angered that he had escaped their surveillance in order to meet with U.S. diplomats in Saigon

• Thailand: Rights Activist Detained in Deep South
  August 3, 2018

  On 1 August 2018, Burhan Buraheng of the human rights group Jaringan Mangsa Dari Undang-Undang Darurat (JASAD) was arrested under martial law provisions, and have been held in a military camp without access to a lawyer or effective safeguards against mistreatment.

• China: Chinese Police Block Lawyer Hired For Ink-Splash Woman in Mental Hospital
  August 1, 2018

  On 31 July 2018, it was reported that Dong Yaoqiong, who was ent for “compulsory treatment” after she streamed live video of herself splashing ink on a poster of Chinese president Xi Jinping in a protest at “authoritarian tyranny” on July 4, was prevented from talking to her lawyer to represent her.

• Vietnam: Vietnam Activists Harassed after Meeting with Foreign Diplomats, Second Harassment within Week
  November 22, 2017

  On 21 November 2017. Activists Harassed after Meeting with Foreign Diplomats, Second Harassment within Week in Hanoi, Vietnam.

• Vietnam: Vietnamese Activists Detained After Meeting with EU Delegation
  November 17, 2017

  On 16 November 2017. Vietnamese Activists were detained after meeting with EU Delegation, in Hanoi, Vietnam.