By Vu Quoc Ngu | Mar 09, 2015
Vietnamese Minister of Public Security Tran Dai Quang will visit the U.S. soon although the communist government has intensified political crackdown against local dissent and outspoken bloggers, according to Reuters.
However, Reuters has not specified the timetable for the visit of General Quang, who oversees a police force condemned widely for human rights abuses and suppression of government critics, his first trip to Washington.
According to the Amnesty International, Vietnam’s security officers harassed and physically attacked peaceful activists and put them in short-term detention.
In addition, police torture is a systemic problem across the nation. The number of people died in police stations during detentions or killed by police in streets is rising, according to human rights bodies.
In its report released on Sept 18 last year, the Human Rights Watch reported that 28 Vietnamese people died and 11 others were severely beaten during detentions at police’s stations between August 2010 and July 2014.
Minister Quang also admitted last year that 19 police officers have been fired for torturing suspects between 2011 and 2013. During the same three-year period, 183 others were disciplined for violating investigative procedures and regulations through dismissal, demotion or reassignment,
In 2014, Vietnam ratified the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Last year, the communist government freed a number of well-known political prisoners, including prominent lawyer Cu Huy Ha Vu and labor activist Do Thi Minh Hanh. However, it still holds many others, including Tran Huynh Duy Thuc and human rights lawyer Le Quoc Quan.
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March 9, 2015
Vietnam Police Minister to Visit U.S. Despite Increasing Political Crackdown
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
In addition, police torture is a systemic problem across the nation. The number of people died in police stations during detentions or killed by police in streets is rising, according to human rights bodies.
Vietnamese Minister of Public Security Tran Dai Quang will visit the U.S. soon although the communist government has intensified political crackdown against local dissent and outspoken bloggers, according to Reuters.
However, Reuters has not specified the timetable for the visit of General Quang, who oversees a police force condemned widely for human rights abuses and suppression of government critics, his first trip to Washington.
According to the Amnesty International, Vietnam’s security officers harassed and physically attacked peaceful activists and put them in short-term detention.
In addition, police torture is a systemic problem across the nation. The number of people died in police stations during detentions or killed by police in streets is rising, according to human rights bodies.
In its report released on Sept 18 last year, the Human Rights Watch reported that 28 Vietnamese people died and 11 others were severely beaten during detentions at police’s stations between August 2010 and July 2014.
Minister Quang also admitted last year that 19 police officers have been fired for torturing suspects between 2011 and 2013. During the same three-year period, 183 others were disciplined for violating investigative procedures and regulations through dismissal, demotion or reassignment,
In 2014, Vietnam ratified the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Last year, the communist government freed a number of well-known political prisoners, including prominent lawyer Cu Huy Ha Vu and labor activist Do Thi Minh Hanh. However, it still holds many others, including Tran Huynh Duy Thuc and human rights lawyer Le Quoc Quan.