By Defend the Defenders, December 21, 2016 Vietnam’s communist government has continued its crackdown against local dissidents, social activists and human rights defenders one week after sending two pro-democracy activists to jail. On late night of Monday [December 19], Hanoi’s authorities deployed around 30 plainclothes police officers to attack the private residence of former political […]
December 21, 2016
Vietnam’s Suppression against Local Activists Continues
by Nhan Quyen • Pham Van Troi, Tran Duc Thach, YQuynh
By Defend the Defenders, December 21, 2016 Vietnam’s communist government has continued its crackdown against local dissidents, social activists and human rights defenders one week after sending two pro-democracy activists to jail. On late night of Monday [December 19], Hanoi’s authorities deployed around 30 plainclothes police officers to attack the private residence of former political […]