Independent blogger and human rights advocate Huynh Thuc Vy suffered a beating and strangling by prison guards.

The Coalition For Women In Journalism condemns the conviction of the Vietnamese journalist Pham Doan Trang with nine years in jail, after being held in arbitrary detention since October 2020.

Independent journalist Tran Thi Tuyet Dieu was sentenced to eight years in prison on charges of writing anti-state stories on her social media accounts. The court convicted the journalist of violating Article 117 of the Vietnamese penal code for “creating, storing and disseminating information and materials against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.” The Coalition For Women In Journalism (CFWIJ) condemns the unjust prison sentence against Tran Thi Tuyet Dieu. This trial is a pivotal example of the escalating threats to press freedom in the country. We urge the Vietnamese court to reevaluate the case against the journalist.

RSF’s 2019 Press Freedom Prize winner journalist turned activist Pham Doan Trang was arrested today during a raid at her room that she rented. Due to constantly being chased out by police Pham is deprived of her right to a permanent residence.

The Coalition For Women In Journalism is relieved to learn that Vietanamese blogger Tran Thi Nga has been released after three years in prison on January 10. However, we regret that she is forced to live in exile abroad after being released on condition to leave Vietnam immediately.