Phan Kim Khánh

Phan Kim Khánh (born 1993) is a Vietnamese student and blogger from Phú Thọ province, Vietnam. He was sentenced to six years of prison followed by four years of house arrest. Additionally, Khánh wrote blog posts and ran YouTube channels that covered topics including politics and corruption. The authorities found that he had helped to administer several social media accounts and pages that constituted “propaganda against the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam,”.

Phan Kim Khánh was placed in solitary confinement for "rebelling against prison authorities” in January 2020.

International response In October 2017, Human Rights Watch called on Vietnam to drop all charges against Phan Kim Khánh.

In March 2019, human rights focused non-profit Freedom Now submitted a report detailing the case to the Office of the United Nations Human Rights Committee. This report was delivered in advance of Vietnam's Universal Periodic Review conducted by the UN in January 2019. In May 2020, the Working Group determined that his detention is arbitrary and violates international law.