Trần Thị Nga (born 28 April 1977) is a human rights defender from Hà Nam Province, Vietnam.
[8] On January 21, 2017, Trần Thị Nga and her husband were arrested while at their home in Phủ Lý in Ha Nam Province.
[3] She was later charged under Article 88 of the penal code “for using the internet to spread some propaganda videos and writings that are against the government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.”[1] In a one-day trial on July 25, 2017, the People's Court in Hà Nam Province sentenced Nga to nine years prison and five years house arrest for "conducting propaganda against the State" under Article 88 of the Vietnamese penal code.
[9] Her lawyer, Ha Huy Son, said that "the court convicted our client with an already prepared verdict" and dismisses the charges as "groundless.
Moreover, the government should take immediate steps to repeal all laws that criminalize voice of the opposition, and end its ongoing crackdown on political dissidents in all forms.