Vietnam: Free Prominent Blogger

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Pham Doan Trang with two books that she co-authored, 2019. © Private (New York) – The Vietnamese authorities should drop all criminal charges against the prominent human rights activist and blogger Pham Doan Trang and immediately release her, Human Rights Watch said today. On December 14, 2021, a court in Hanoi is scheduled to put her on trial for “conducting propaganda against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam” under Article 88 of the 1999 Penal Code. She could receive up to 12 years in prison. “The prolific writer Pham Doan Trang faces harsh retaliation…

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