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My friends Thuận and Hiệp are among the fathers, husbands, brothers, and sons imprisoned in this continuing climate of fear. Their suffering doesn’t just belong to them, but it reaches their families and communities, echoing the suffering of earlier generations.
Freedom House · 22/10/2026
dagsavisen · 22/10/2026
UCA News · 21/10/2026No Australian citizen, or anyone else, should have to endure the terrible nightmare our family is going through
The GuardianVietnam is holding Hiep Tran, an Australian activist, after he went missing in Cambodia a month ago along with two other dissidents. Human Rights Watch reports that Vi…
AsiaNewsThe state of civic space in Vietnam is rated as ‘closed’. Among ongoing concerns documented are systematic attempts to silence human rights defenders, journalists and …
Civicus MonitorLeaders of the European Union, Belgium, and Denmark should urge Vietnam to make concrete progress in improving its human rights record during Vietnamese President To L…
On 18 September 2026, Nguyen Duc Thuan, a Norwegian citizen, Tran Hiep (Ho Pham Hiep Huy), an Australian citizen, and Thai Cong Truong Song, a Vietnamese national resi…
ACATAustralian officials have been able to meet Hiep Tran at a detention centre in Ho Chi Minh City, where he is being held after disappearing in Cambodia last month.
abc.net.auOctober 18, 2026 marks exactly one month since three activists, Nguyen Duc Thuan, Tran Hiep and Thai Cong Truong Son, were abducted in Cambodia by the Vietnamese autho…
Viet TanWhile Norway signs a free trade agreement with Vietnam on Sunday, a Norwegian man is held in one of the country's most notorious prisons. Here is what we know about th…
TV 2MELBOURNE—The wife of an Australian human rights activist missing in Cambodia has rubbished claims her husband planned terrorist activities in Vietnam ...
CambodianessHiep and Chloe’s lawyer, Alison Battisson, delivered a speech at the candlelight vigil held outside Sydney Town Hall on 17 October 2026, standing in solidarity with Hi…
Alison BattissonLawyer says the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs must bring Thuan Duc Nguyen home from Vietnam, where he is imprisoned.
NRKThe Norwegian embassy in Vietnam has finally been allowed inside the notorious B34 prison, where a Norwegian is being held and charged with terrorism.
TV 2On Friday morning, the embassy in Hanoi made a consular visit to the imprisoned Thuan Duc Nguyen (52). In custody he is not receiving the insulin he needs, which worri…
ABC NyheterEuropean countries are stepping up economic relations with Vietnam through trade agreements, yet a diplomatic problem exists between the parties.
BBC News Tiếng ViệtHuman rights groups urge the federal government to ratchet up pressure on Vietnam over the fate of an Australian pro-democracy campaigner who is in jail after disappea…
abc.net.auA non-profit organization organized around five pillars of justice and supported by an international consortium of parliamentarians, scholars, jurists, human ri
Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human RightsIn September, Vietnam said it detained three activists on suspicion of terrorism, including a Norwegian national. That has not affected the previously planned signing…
The Vietnamese authorities should immediately release three activists associated with the overseas Viet Tan organization who went missing in Cambodia, and drop all cha…
Human Rights WatchThe UN said the prison has windowless cells and a lack of oxygen with tiny slots in steel doors.
7NEWSTran Hiep's wife is worried about his safety and hopes Australian consular staff can help him.
The Canberra TimesElden lawyer Maria Hessen Jacobsen is now filing a complaint with Norwegian police for Vietnam's kidnapping of Norwegian citizen Thuan Duc Nguyen.
DagbladetThe Cambodian Ministry of Interior has denied that Cambodian authorities played a role in the transfer of an Australian national and his Norwegian travelling
Phnom Penh PostActivists across Asia are being hunted down by authoritarian governments even across international borders. Human rights groups have been warning of a "swap market" of…
NPRDen vietnamesiske præsident, der leder et af Asiens mest brutale regimer, kommer senere i denne måned på statsbesøg inviteret af kongeparret.
Politiken - Den levende avisOctober 1, 2026 -- Vietnam Human Rights Network and Defend the Defenders Urge Vietnam to Release Three Detainees Amid Concerns Over Transnational Repression
“President To Lam is presiding over a ruthless police state that shows no hesitation in running roughshod over human rights while simultaneously seeking to expand thei…
XVietnam accuses activists of entering country using forged documents with intention to carry out terrorist activities
The IndependentAll three were reportedly members of a U.S.-based pro-democracy group called Viet Tan, which the Vietnamese Communist government regards as a terrorist organization. V…
XChau Van Kham spent more than four years in a Vietnamese prison on terrorism charges. He says Australian Hiep Tran, who was detained after going missing in Cambodia, c…
abc.net.auMany precedents of abduction later labeled “illegal entry,” but there are also Viet Tan members who were arrested after returning to the country.
Radio Free AsiaVietnam confirms the arrests of two missing Catholic activists, who face terrorism and forgery charges after reportedly disappearing from Cambodia.
UCA NewsPro-democracy activist Tran Hiep, who vanished in Cambodia, is in Vietnamese custody facing terrorism charges, prompting accusations of transnational repression.
Vietnam says the men entered the country illegally and accused them of planning terrorist activities.
BBC NewsRights groups claim that Nguyen Duc Thuan and Tran Hiep were abducted in Cambodia, in line with a pattern of growing transnational repression by the Vietnamese state.
The Diplomat"We know from previous cases that they can fabricate stories and evidence." The family is now particularly worried about Thuan's health. He has diabetes and is depende…
TV 2Vietnamese police have arrested three men on suspicion of terrorism, including one Norwegian national and one Australian national of Vietnamese descent.
Detained anti-human trafficking campaigners include Tran Hiep, a Vietnamese Australian, not heard from since 18 September
The GuardianVietnamese police have detained three men accused of terrorism, including a Norwegian citizen and an Australian national of Vietnamese origin, according to the Ministr…
The Washington PostVietnam police have arrested three people, including a Norwegian citizen and an Australian national of Vietnamese origin, accusing them of terrorism, in an operation t…
ReutersVietnamese authorities have detained a Vietnamese-Australian activist and his Norwegian colleague after the pair disappeared on their visit to Cambodia. Hiep Tran and …
ABC News (Australia)Vietnamese police have detained three men accused of terrorism, including a Norwegian citizen and an Australian national of Vietnamese origin, according to the Ministr…
The Washington PostHanoi says they were caught “red‑handed” at the border. The sequence — disappearance, silence, then a ready‑made terrorism narrative — shows a security state extending…
Carl RobinsonViet Tan says the pair, who hold Norwegian and Australian citizenship, entered Cambodia legally and planned to leave four days later.
South China Morning PostVietnamese authorities say they have arrested three people who illegally entered from Cambodia and are being investigated for terrorism. Meanwhile, Viet Tan and the fa…
SBS LanguageOn September 28, 2026, Vietnamese media reported that “three members of the terrorist organization Viet Tan” had been arrested and prosecuted for “carrying fake docume…
RFIBANGKOK: Vietnam authorities have "abducted" two pro-democracy Vietnamese activists in Cambodia, their campaign group told AFP on Tuesday (Sept 29), after Hanoi said t…
The StarHO CHI MINH — Vietnam police have arrested three people, including a Norwegian citizen and an Australian national of Vietnamese origin, accusing them of terrorism, …
Bangkok PostVietnamese police have detained three men accused of terrorism, including a Norwegian citizen and an Australian national of Vietnamese origin, according to the Ministr…
AP NewsTwo ethnically Vietnamese Catholic activists, one a citizen of Australia and the other Norwegian, are accused of "terrorism" by Hanoi.
BreitbartVietnamese authorities have detained three activists, including a Norwegian and an Australian, on “fabricated” charges. The Vietnamese government said the three confes…
XHanoi says two pro-democracy Vietnamese activists in Cambodia and a third man were detained on charges of terrorism and document forgery.
Free Malaysia TodayTran Hiep travelled to Phnom Penh to meet Vietnamese human rights activists. Days later, he vanished.
Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security said the three men had admitted to being members of Viet Tan, a U.S.-based pro-democracy group.
The Japan TimesVietnam police have arrested three people, including an Australian, accusing them all of terrorism. Human rights groups and close family of Australian activist and Mel…
SBS NewsEthnic Vietnamese activists are reported missing in Cambodia, raising concerns over their safety, human rights, freedom of expression and treatment of minority communi…
UCA NewsThe Ministry of Public Security's security agency for investigation on September 28 detained three men and officially launched criminal proceedings against them on cha…
Tuoi tre newsAustralian human rights activist Tran Hiep, 51, is missing in Cambodia amid fears he has been abducted by Vietnamese authorities.
Nine.com.auOn September 18, 2026, the My Quy Tay Border Gate Border Guard Station in Tay Ninh province detected and caught red-handed three subjects illegally entering Vietnam fr…
Bộ Công anA Melbourne man who travelled to Phnom Penh with a colleague to meet Vietnamese human rights activists has been missing for more than a week.
abc.net.auTwo Vietnamese activists reported missing in Phnom Penh have been identified as two of three men Vietnam says it has detained and charged with terrorism and forgery of…
KiripostViet Tan strongly condemns the abduction of two of its members in Cambodia and the fabricated charges issued by the Vietnamese communist authorities to cover up an act…
Two human rights defenders never boarded their flight out of Phnom Penh after meeting with Vietnamese activists, a Vietnamese human rights organisation said.
KiripostTwo members of Viet Tan, Nguyen Duc Thuan and Tran Hiep, have been missing in Cambodia since September 18, 2026. To date, their families and colleagues have received n…
Việt BáoCouncil of Asian Liberals and Democrats expresses deep concern over the disappearance of Nguyen Duc Thuan, a Vietnamese-Norwegian national, and Tran Hiep, a Vietnamese…
“Two Viet Tan members, Mr. Nguyen Duc Thuan and Mr. Tran Hiep, have been missing in Cambodia since September 18. To date, their families and close associates have no i…
Nguoi Viet OnlineNorwegian Thuan Duc Nguyen has been missing in Cambodia since Friday. The family fears the human rights advocate may have been arrested.
TV 2A Norwegian citizen is missing in Cambodia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed to TV 2.
TV 2The family has not heard from Thuan Duc Nguyen since Friday, and the 52-year-old never took his planned flight home.
DagbladetA Norwegian is reported missing in Cambodia. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms they are aware of the case.
DagbladetA Norwegian citizen is missing in Cambodia, confirmed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Nettavisen.
AftenpostenA Norwegian citizen is missing in Cambodia, confirmed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
VGA Norwegian citizen is missing in Cambodia, confirmed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Nettavisen.
ABC NyheterNorwegian citizen Thuan Duc Nguyen (52) has been missing in Phnom Penh, Cambodia for six days.
NRKA Norwegian citizen is missing in Cambodia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms to Nettavisen.
Mediehuset NettavisenTwo members of Viet Tan, Nguyen Duc Thuan and Tran Hiep, have been missing in Cambodia since September 18, 2026. To date, their families and colleagues have received n…
Viet TanThuan Duc Nguyen (52) travelled to Cambodia to meet human rights activists. According to his family, he has now been missing for a week.
VGAccording to their family, Nguyen Duc Thuan, a Norwegian of Vietnamese background, and Tran Hiep, an Australian of Vietnamese background, disappeared in Phnom Penh aft…
XWe are issuing an urgent appeal on behalf of the families of Nguyen Duc Thuan and Tran Hiep to determine their whereabouts and ensure their safety. Our loved ones have…
