Independent journalist and woman human rights defender Pham Doan Trang was arrested in Ho Chi Minh City, on 7 October 2020, and held incommunicado until 19 October 2021. UN experts and rights groups claim her detention is arbitrary and called for her immediate release. Pham Doan Trang is being prosecuted for her long-standing work as an independent journalist, book publisher, and human rights defender, including her report published with Green Trees, an environmental rights group, about the 2016 Formosa Ha Tinh Steel disaster.