Vietnamese government accused of abducting human rights activists

Tran Hiep, a freelance IT professional who founded the Australian Alliance to Combat Human Trafficking, was travelling with another human rights activist when he went missing in Cambodia. Photograph: PR IMAGE

Vietnamese authorities have detained three activists, including a Norwegian and an Australian, on what have been described as “fabricated” charges.

The Vietnamese government said the three confessed to being members of Viet Tan – a pro-democracy organisation – which it describes as a terrorist group.