Bangkok, October 10, 2025– The Board to Protect Journalists contacts Vietnamese authorities to immediately and unconditionally release independent reporter Huynh Ngoc Tuan and cease pestering commentators for expressing vital views online.
On October 7, authorities detained Tuan at his home in Buon Ho community, Dak Lak province, according to news reports and CPJ’s e-mail communication with his little girl, reporter Huynh Thuc Vy.
Tuan has been charged under Short article 117 of the chastening code, which outlaws “propagandizing against the state” and lugs penalties of as much as 20 years behind bars, those resources stated.
“Huynh Ngoc Tuan’s apprehension is a plain suggestion of Vietnam’s intolerance for dissent,” stated Shawn Crispin, CPJ’s senior Southeast Asia agent. “Tuan’s independent journalism contributes equilibrium to Vietnam’s highly censored public discussion– his detention only grows the nation’s press freedom crisis. He ought to be launched now.”
Tuan, an independent journalist and author that was formerly put behind bars for 10 years for his vital works, regularly posts commentary concerning Vietnamese national politics, civils rights, and international affairs on his individual Facebook web page In 2012, he obtained Civil rights Watch’s Hellman/Hammett honor, which identifies maltreated writers.
Tuan and his household have actually lengthy encountered government harassment, consisting of home raids, monitoring, confiscation of computers and papers, and travel constraints, according to Vy, who lately offered two years and nine months in jail for ruining a nationwide flag.
Tuan suffers from severe diabetic issues and calls for day-to-day insulin shots, according to Vy, that informed CPJ she is worried regarding his health and wellness in detention. He is being held at the Dak Lak Provincial Cops Detention Facility, Vy claimed.
Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security did not immediately reply to CPJ’s emailed ask for comment. Vietnam ranked seventh on CPJ’s 2024 demographics of the world’s worst guards of journalists.