September 24, 2018
HCM City Police Verbally Admit Detentions of Two Facebookers Arrested Three Weeks Ago
Defend the Defenders, September 24, 2018 Police in Vietnam’s southern economic hub Ho Chi Minh City have verbally admitted that they are holding bloggers Doan Thi Hong (Facebooker Xuân Hồng) and Ngo Van Dung (Facebooker Ngô Văn Dũng) three weeks after arresting them without informing their families, Defend the Defenders has learned. Speaking with Defend […]
September 24, 2018
Nine Members of Constitution Group Arrested in Early September: Facebooker Nguyen Uyen Thuy
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights], Do The Hoa, Doan Thi Hong, Hung Hung (Constitution group), Nguyen Tam (Tam Nguyen), Nguyen Uyen Thuy, Pham Thao (Constitution group)
Defend the Defenders, September 24, 2018 Vietnam’s security forces arrested nine members of the unregistered Hiến Pháp (Constitution) in early September in a bid to prevent spontanous demonstrations amid increasing social disatisfaction, said Facebooker Nguyen Uyen Thuy, one of the 18-member group. Detentions were made ahead of the group’s plan to gather in Ho […]