Mr. Vu Dat Phong
By Defend the Defenders, November 18, 2016
Vu Dat Phong, an activist in Vietnam’s central province of Khanh Hoa, has claimed that he was tortured by police officers during a recent eight-hour detention by the local police.
At around 3PM on November 15, a group of five police officers and two plainclothes agents detained Phong when he was sitting at a local cafeteria in Cam Ranh city, Mr. Phong said. They took him to Cam Ranh city’s police station and started to beat him for eight consecutive hours.
“They [police officers] beat me on my head and breast, throttling my throat until I collapsed. One replaces others to torture me over eight hours and released me at mid-night.”
Phong said he recognized some of perpetrators were security officers of Cam Ranh City with whom he met before.
Police said they detained Phong because he had signed a joint petition demanding unconditional and immediate release of prominent human rights activist and blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, who was arrested on September 10 and charged with conducting anti-state propaganda under Article 88 of the Penal Code.
They also said his tattoo with the Human Rights emblem is a reactionary sign.
Police requested Phong to withdraw his name from the petition campaign as well as erase the Human Rights emblem on his body.
However, Phong refused, saying his activities are legal according to domestic law.
Phong said he feels very sad due to severe attacks on his head and body.
Vietnam’s communist government has intensified its crackdown on local dissidents, social activists and human rights defenders. In addition to arresting a number of activists including bloggers Quynh and Ho Van Hai and pro-democracy campaigners Luu Van Vinh and Nguyen Van Duc Do and charging them with anti-state allegations under controversial articles 79 and 88 of the Penal Code, it has also deployed police officers and plainclothes agents to beat activists in police stations and assault them on the street.
Many activists, including La Viet Dung, Nguyen Trung Truc, Mai Van Tam, and Nguyen Chi Tuyen have been brutally beaten by plainclothes agents recently.
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November 19, 2016
Vietnam Activist Says He Was Tortured in Eight Hours in Police Station
by Nhan Quyen • Vu Dat Phong
Mr. Vu Dat Phong
By Defend the Defenders, November 18, 2016
Vu Dat Phong, an activist in Vietnam’s central province of Khanh Hoa, has claimed that he was tortured by police officers during a recent eight-hour detention by the local police.
At around 3PM on November 15, a group of five police officers and two plainclothes agents detained Phong when he was sitting at a local cafeteria in Cam Ranh city, Mr. Phong said. They took him to Cam Ranh city’s police station and started to beat him for eight consecutive hours.
“They [police officers] beat me on my head and breast, throttling my throat until I collapsed. One replaces others to torture me over eight hours and released me at mid-night.”
Phong said he recognized some of perpetrators were security officers of Cam Ranh City with whom he met before.
Police said they detained Phong because he had signed a joint petition demanding unconditional and immediate release of prominent human rights activist and blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, who was arrested on September 10 and charged with conducting anti-state propaganda under Article 88 of the Penal Code.
They also said his tattoo with the Human Rights emblem is a reactionary sign.
Police requested Phong to withdraw his name from the petition campaign as well as erase the Human Rights emblem on his body.
However, Phong refused, saying his activities are legal according to domestic law.
Phong said he feels very sad due to severe attacks on his head and body.
Vietnam’s communist government has intensified its crackdown on local dissidents, social activists and human rights defenders. In addition to arresting a number of activists including bloggers Quynh and Ho Van Hai and pro-democracy campaigners Luu Van Vinh and Nguyen Van Duc Do and charging them with anti-state allegations under controversial articles 79 and 88 of the Penal Code, it has also deployed police officers and plainclothes agents to beat activists in police stations and assault them on the street.
Many activists, including La Viet Dung, Nguyen Trung Truc, Mai Van Tam, and Nguyen Chi Tuyen have been brutally beaten by plainclothes agents recently.