March 10, 2017
Vietnam Activists Detained after Commemorating Fallen Soldiers in Gac Ma
By Defend the Defenders, March 10, 2017 On March 10, security forces in Vietnam’s southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau violently arrested three activists, namely Suong Quynh, Vinh Le and Tam Le, holding them for hours before releasing them. Their brutal detention occurred after the three activists together with patriotic intellectuals and rights advocates, members […]
July 18, 2017
HCM City-based Activist Beaten by Plainclothes Agents after Commemorating China’s Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo
by Nhan Quyen • Suong Quynh
By Defend the Defenders, July 17, 2017 In the evening of July 16, Ms. Suong Quynh, an activist in Ho Chi Minh City, was followed and beaten by a group of plainclothes agents on her way returning home from a ceremony which commemorated the passing of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, who won Nobel Peace Prize […]