Family Files Petition For Vietnamese Political Prisoner Who Was Tortured, Fed Feces-Vietnamese activist Nguyen Van Duc Do RFA, June 30, 2020 Family members of a political prisoner who was recently beaten and fed human waste at one of Vietnam’s most notorious prisons have filed a petition demanding an end to the inhumane treatment of inmates at the facility. The petition alleges that at the Xuan Loc […]
Australian Van Kham Chau located within Vietnam’s prison system as Government urged to act-Mr Chau was moved to another prison without the knowledge of his family.(AP: Nguyen Thanh Chung/VNA) ABC News, June 30, 2020 Australian retiree Van Kham Chau would usually celebrate his birthday by cooking lamb with his wife and tending to the dragon fruit in his garden. Key points: Mr Chau’s nephew and DFAT are able […]
Family of Prisoner of Conscience Nguyen Trung Ton Harassed When US Ambassador Visits Locality- Defend the Defenders, June 30, 2020 Authorities in Vietnam’s central province of Thanh Hoa have harassed the family of prisoner of conscience Nguyen Trung Ton, who is serving his 12-year imprisonment when the US Ambassador visited the locality, Defend the Defenders has learned. Mrs. Nguyen Thi Lanh told Defend the Defenders that on […]
Trial against Facebooker Nguyen Quoc Duc Vuong Scheduled on July 7, Heavy Sentence Expected-Facebooker Nguyen Quoc Duc Vuong calls for release of prisoner of conscience Tran Huynh Duy Thuc Defend the Defenders, June 29, 2020 The People’s Court of the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong will hold the first-instance hearing on July 7 to try local Facebooker Nguyen Quoc Duc Vuong on the charge of […]
Vietnamese Activist Who Spread Land Dispute Info on Facebook is Staying Silent-Four activists, three of whom are related, were arrested June 24, 2020 for discussing January’s violent Dong Tam protests on Facebook. From left to right: Trinh Ba Tu, his mother Can Thi Theu, his brother Trinh Ba Phuong and Nguyen Thi Tam, who was arrested on the same charge. RFA, June 29, 2020 Trinh Ba […]
Vietnam Indicts 25 Dong Tam Protesters on Murder-Related Charges-Village leader Le Dinh Kinh’s body is shown (L) bearing bruises next to a photo of Hanoi police deployed at Dong Tam commune on Jan. 9, 2020. RFA, June 26, 2020 Authorities in Vietnam indicted 25 people on murder-related charges for their involvement in a deadly clash over land rights that left three police officers […]
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