Vietnam: Quash Conviction of Social Media Commentator

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Click to expand Image Hoang Thi Hong Thai outside the police interrogation room in Hanoi, April 2025.

© Private (Bangkok) – The Vietnamese authorities should immediately quash the criminal conviction of a prominent commentator on social media and release her, Human Rights Watch said today.On July 29, 2026, a court in Hanoi convicted Hoang Thi Hong Thai and sentenced…

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Primary source: Human Rights Watch News · July 30, 2026

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