Vietnam: citizen journalist willing to candidate for elections arrested, his house searched
Event- Country
- Viet Nam
- Initial Date
- Mar 27, 2021
- Event Description
On 27 March, authorities in Ha Noi arrested Le Trong Hung under Article 117, who had applied to be an independent (or ‘self-nominated’) candidate for a National Assembly seat in Ha Noi city. Le Trong Hung is a citizen journalist and a member of Chan Hung TV, a media group which broadcasts Facebook livestreams about social and political issues. According to his family, Le Trong Hung was arrested while walking in his neighbourhood and taken to his home by police who then searched the house. It is unknown where he is currently being detained.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Judicial Harassment
- Raid
- Rights Concerned
- Online
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- Right to liberty and security
- Right to political participation
- HRD
- Blogger/ Social Media Activist
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 21.03433025857584
Longitude: 105.85246615492437
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 27 March 2021, Le Trong Hun, citizen journalist and social media activist, was arrested by the police after having applied for running for the elections in Hanoi, Vietnam.