Nguyễn Thanh Phước
Nguyễn Thanh Phước, also known as Nguyễn Phi, is an artist and one of the organisers of the “Zombie movement”. This social movement was inspired by rap artist Nguyễn Vũ Sơn and his critical song appealing to Vietnamese people to take a more active role in the political life of the country. The movement's members aim to make the young generation aware of their civil and political rights and to share information about human rights violations and corruption cases by using social media.
HRDs working for accountability and democracy receive accusations of being “foreign spies or agents”, “traitors”, or “violators of public order and peace”. HRDS are also subjected to intimidation, threats, interrogation, harassment, arbitrary arrest and detention. When put on trial, they are very often sentenced to heavy jail terms for their human rights work, and mistreated in prison.
