Nguyen Anh Phụng
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2020-146-006
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2020
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 14.058324
Longitude: 108.277199
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Vietnam
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Special Procedures: Thematic
- Dates of prior UN action
- 30 April 2020
- Type of record
- Named individual
- Gender
- Male
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
members of independent religious communities and human rights defenders, who sought to participate, or participated, in the 2019 annual international conference in Bangkok on freedom of religion or belief in Southeast Asia
- Type of rights defended
- Religious freedom
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
sought to participate, or participated, in the 2019 annual international conference in Bangkok on freedom of religion or belief in Southeast Asia. The conference included interaction with and training by OHCHR
- Engagement with UN body
- Other
- Dates of engagement
- 28 October to 1 November 2019
- Type of attempted engagement
- Participation in meeting on UN premises
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- 28 October to 1 November 2019
- Reprisal information
who had initially planned to attend the conference, was reportedly interrogated at home for additional information on the conference and he ultimately did not attend
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Threats/Intimidations (incl. "fear of reprisal")
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- State actors
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- No
- Government response dates
- 13 July 2020
- Government response content
Regarding the individuals attending the 2019 annual international conference in Bangkok on freedom of religion or belief in Southeast Asia, the Government stated that relevant authorities do not “intimidate” or “harass” individuals because they attend an international workshop or conference. It further stated that information indicating that “members of independent religious communities and human rights defenders” faced acts of intimidation and reprisals, in the forms of threats, harassment, travel restrictions, surveillance, and acts of violence before and after attending the 2019 annual international conference in Bangkok on freedom of religion or belief, is untrue.
- Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
- No
- Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
- No
- Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
- No
- How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
- 0