Human Rights Watch has called on the Thai government to release Y Quynh Bdap, a Montagnard religious freedom activist and refugee, and ensure that he will not be sent back to Vietnam, where he faces a risk of an unfair trial and ill-treatment by Vietnamese authorities.

<p>Human Rights Watch (HRW) called upon&nbsp;<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn%3D4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUZ0Azcvksdm7RxiDj2FVh-2FHO4Vt5xnu5qB4kvn6JNRC8MEf__O3XWFiAdWrzzrOIt72qAuCxfR-2FIXWrcSNyN3NflgXhyIGtBo5wQfPlCmK1RsIhhkjZ2534I-2B42M0FXMd535alkB2qEOdCEOxO1VRfpYqu0XGUw2nDl1pmMYZ8rVo2dybQdh2aa-2BqFZQBItb-2FPi3GrtVmE-2F1HIN2W6F1QhE1Peh7R3TYDYqTiCJK2ZU2TewNY1-2BUBFEfYSossS7BamrmevleK98Vyw341VT2-2BFWwwsiRvc0Hrm8ne-2FXpOkte0i1A59P8nTN5ChfIQvbkFU4VObJVgtTF1x6UKzs9hR5xugBAeqWMqYJg-2BOfAZwgh1auVSvaWKORNl5Zpo8ELdxK4TDFZFaqEX-2BnFnFxY1aCDLGNk-3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1668675038685000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2QK02EddQhMFWzaY5ErY4b" href="https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUZ0Azcvksdm7RxiDj2FVh-2FHO4Vt5xnu5qB4kvn6JNRC8MEf__O3XWFiAdWrzzrOIt72qAuCxfR-2FIXWrcSNyN3NflgXhyIGtBo5wQfPlCmK1RsIhhkjZ2534I-2B42M0FXMd535alkB2qEOdCEOxO1VRfpYqu0XGUw2nDl1pmMYZ8rVo2dybQdh2aa-2BqFZQBItb-2FPi3GrtVmE-2F1HIN2W6F1QhE1Peh7R3TYDYqTiCJK2ZU2TewNY1-2BUBFEfYSossS7BamrmevleK98Vyw341VT2-2BFWwwsiRvc0Hrm8ne-2FXpOkte0i1A59P8nTN5ChfIQvbkFU4VObJVgtTF1x6UKzs9hR5xugBAeqWMqYJg-2BOfAZwgh1auVSvaWKORNl5Zpo8ELdxK4TDFZFaqEX-2BnFnFxY1aCDLGNk-3D" target="_blank">Vietnamese</a>&nbsp;authorities&nbsp;to immediately release the outspoken commentator Bui Van Thuan and drop the politically motivated charges against him, Human Rights Watch said today (16 November). The People&rsquo;s Court of Thanh Hoa province has scheduled his criminal trial for November 17, 2022.</p>

<p>Thai Embassies have issued warnings to Thai people about taking cannabis and hemp into Indonesia and Vietnam, where penalties include fines, life imprisonment and capital punishment.</p>

<p>Plans for the upcoming Southeast Asia Games (SEA Games), scheduled to be held in Vietnam on 12-23 May after 4 months of delays, offer insight into how Southeast Asian nations will find their way back to normal after years of struggling with the Covid-19 pandemic.</p>

<p>Journalists and media workers face an increasingly repressive legal landscape amidst the Covid-19 pandemic in Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam, as outlined by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in a submission to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).</p>

<p>The foreign correspondents&#39; clubs and associations of Thailand, Japan, Jakarta, the Philippines, South Asia and Taiwan are deeply concerned by the convictions and harsh prison sentences handed down by a Vietnamese court on January 5 to three Vietnamese journalists.</p>

<p>On the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, our organizations call on the governments of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam to adequately investigate all cases of enforced disappearances in their respective countries, determine the fate or whereabouts of the victims, and ensure the victims&rsquo; families have effective access to justice and receive adequate reparations.</p>

<p>8 May marks 1 year since Siam Theerawut went missing after being extradited from Vietnam along with other 2 self-exiled activists. His family&rsquo;s attempts to discover his whereabouts have yielded no progress.</p>