Ahead of her upcoming trial on 4 November, 28 human rights organizations condemn the ongoing arbitrary detention of independent journalist and woman human rights defender Pham Doan Trang, and call on the Vietnamese authorities to immediately and unconditionally release and drop all charges against her. The persecution of Doan Trang and other human rights defenders, including independent writers and journalists, is part of the worsening assault on the rights to freedom of expression and information in Viet Nam.