November 11, 2015
Vietnamese Authorities Detain And Beat Two Human Rights Activists
RFA | Nov 09, 2015 Vietnamese police beat and detained two activists on Sunday in the town of Dinh Van as they traveled from Ho Chi Minh City to their homes in a village in a Central Highlands province in the latest incident of harassment against defenders of human rights. One of the two men, […]
February 27, 2016
Thousands of Land Petitioners Rally across Vietnam, Many Detained and Beaten
by Nhan Quyen • Tran Ngoc Anh, Trinh Ba Phuong, Trinh Ba Tu
by Vu Quoc Ngu, Feb 27, 2016 Thousands of land petitioners nationwide rallied in main streets in big cities across Vietnam on Saturday [Feb 27] to demand the return of their properties. Many of them were detained by local authorities, according to social websites. Around five hundred land petitioners gathered in Quang Trung Street in […]