Seven human rights defenders are to face trial on 30 May 2011 at the People's Court of Ben Tre, in Vietnam, on charges of coercion. They are land rights activists and religious freedom advocates who oppose the confiscation of land by the authorities, Pastor Duong Kim Khai, Ms Tran Thi Thuy, Mr Nguyen Thanh Tam, Mr Pham Van Thong, Mr Nguyen Chi Thanh, Ms Pham Ngoc Hoa and Mr Cao Van Tinh. Pastor Duong Kim Khai, Tran Thi Thuy and Nguyen Thanh Tam are members of Viet Tan, an organisation which advocates for a democratic Vietnam through peaceful activities. All seven have been held incommunicado since their arrests last summer. The human rights defenders were arrested in July and August 2010 and have not been allowed access to their families despite numerous requests since their detention. Nguyen Chi Thanh and Pham Ngoc Hoa are still being denied access to their lawyers despite the fact that the trial is to be held in a few days. Furthermore the defence lawyers for all seven human rights defenders are being denied copies of basic documents relating to the case. This is in direct violation of Article 166 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, which provides that the prosecution must notify the accused and defence counsels within three days of the decision to prosecute the case and hand over the indictments. It further states that defence counsels may read the indictments, take notes and copy documents from the case files.