By Vu Quoc Ngu | Aug 03, 2015
A Vietnamese prisoner, who is serving his 8-year imprisonment for stealing a cell phone, was found to die in a Hanoi-based detention facility with many serious injuries on his body, state-controlled media reported Monday.
Vu Nam Ninh, 45, died on July 20, in Detention Center No. 1 in Ba Dinh district and his family was informed about his death one day later.
Ms. Vu Thi Thanh Huyen said her family was told by Hanoi’s authorities to visit the Hospital 198 of the Ministry of Public Security where her brother’s body was preserved. The death was the result of complications from an “illness”, the police said.
Huyen said she found a number of severe injuries on her brother’s body and their family suspected that the death was caused by beating.
“His body was in terrible condition. His hands and his face were full of watery fluid … [He had a] broken leg and a broken collarbone,” Huyen told the Radio of Free Asia.
“We saw a lot of bruises on his back, and some spots that seemed to have been caused by shocks from electric batons. A finger on his left hand was broken and he had blood in his nose and ear,” she said.
The victim’s family has filled complaints to a number of state agencies to demand clarifying the true reasons for Mr. Ninh’s death, newspapers said.
Huyen said her brother has been jailed for eight years for stealing a cell phone during a night of drinking. The sentence was too severe, given the fact that her brother voluntarily returned the phone to the owner one day later and came to the police station to confess his fault.
Ninh is among numerous detainees and arrested died in police detention facilities and prisons in Vietnam during the past few years.
According to the government report, 226 detainees and arrested died in police stations and prisons in the past four years. Police said most of their deaths were caused by suicides and illness, however, their families believe that torture and bad treatment are main causes of their deaths.
Vietnam adopted the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment last year. However, torture and inhumane treatment is still rampant in the one-party country.
So far this year, seven people have been reported to die in police stations nationwide.
According to the Ministry of Public Security, few police officers have been disciplined for committing torture.
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August 3, 2015
One More Prisoner Dies in Cell with Many Severe Injuries on His Body
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
“We saw a lot of bruises on his back, and some spots that seemed to have been caused by shocks from electric batons. A finger on his left hand was broken and he had blood in his nose and ear,” she said.
The victim’s family has filled complaints to a number of state agencies to demand clarifying the true reasons for Mr. Ninh’s death, newspapers said.
By Vu Quoc Ngu | Aug 03, 2015
A Vietnamese prisoner, who is serving his 8-year imprisonment for stealing a cell phone, was found to die in a Hanoi-based detention facility with many serious injuries on his body, state-controlled media reported Monday.
Vu Nam Ninh, 45, died on July 20, in Detention Center No. 1 in Ba Dinh district and his family was informed about his death one day later.
Ms. Vu Thi Thanh Huyen said her family was told by Hanoi’s authorities to visit the Hospital 198 of the Ministry of Public Security where her brother’s body was preserved. The death was the result of complications from an “illness”, the police said.
Huyen said she found a number of severe injuries on her brother’s body and their family suspected that the death was caused by beating.
“His body was in terrible condition. His hands and his face were full of watery fluid … [He had a] broken leg and a broken collarbone,” Huyen told the Radio of Free Asia.
“We saw a lot of bruises on his back, and some spots that seemed to have been caused by shocks from electric batons. A finger on his left hand was broken and he had blood in his nose and ear,” she said.
The victim’s family has filled complaints to a number of state agencies to demand clarifying the true reasons for Mr. Ninh’s death, newspapers said.
Huyen said her brother has been jailed for eight years for stealing a cell phone during a night of drinking. The sentence was too severe, given the fact that her brother voluntarily returned the phone to the owner one day later and came to the police station to confess his fault.
Ninh is among numerous detainees and arrested died in police detention facilities and prisons in Vietnam during the past few years.
According to the government report, 226 detainees and arrested died in police stations and prisons in the past four years. Police said most of their deaths were caused by suicides and illness, however, their families believe that torture and bad treatment are main causes of their deaths.
Vietnam adopted the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment last year. However, torture and inhumane treatment is still rampant in the one-party country.
So far this year, seven people have been reported to die in police stations nationwide.
According to the Ministry of Public Security, few police officers have been disciplined for committing torture.