Activists on the ceremony for the establishment of the association (Dr. Dinh Duc Long is in the middle while Ms. Nguyen Trang Nhung is the second from right)
As a civil organization, the Association for Support of Victims of Torture will strive to monitor and support the implementation of the CAT, it said on the public statement.
By Defend the Defenders, November 11, 2016
A group of Vietnamese activists on November 7 declared the establishment of the Association for Support of Victims of Torture in a bid to realize the rights enshrined in the Convention Against Torture (CAT) in Vietnam.
According to the Mobilization Board for the Establishment of the Association for Support of Victims of Torture, Vietnam signed the Convention Against Torture in 2013 and formally ratified this convention in 2015. However, there is big gap between the law and its enforcement.
Torture is still a big issue in the communist-ruled Vietnam and numerous people, including human rights defenders, social activists and political dissidents, have been tortured by the police forces.
As a civil organization, the Association for Support of Victims of Torture will strive to monitor and support the implementation of the CAT, it said in a public statement.
Among the group’s founding members are medical doctor Dinh Duc Long and Nguyen Trang Nhung who obtained master degree on banking and finance in Singapore after graduated the Law University in Ho Chi Minh City.
Last year, the New York-based Human Rights Watch released a report saying police torture is systemic in Vietnam but few perpetrators have been punished.
According to Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security, there were 226 deaths in police custody between October 2011 and September 2014. Police said illness and suicides were the main reasons for these deaths while families and human rights defenders blamed police torture and ill-treatment.
Dozens of people have been killed and tortured in police stations nationwide since the beginning of 2015. Many people have been brutally beaten by police for minor infractions.
State media has reported a number of victims of miscarriage of justice as their sentences were based on coercion as result of police torture. These victims included Mr. Huynh Van Nen from the central province of Binh Thuan, Luong Ngoc Phi from the northern province of Thai Binh, and Nguyen Thanh Chan from the northern province of Bac Giang.
Mr. Nen and Mr. Chan were wrongly convicted in murder cases. They were freed after spending over ten years in prison, and received respective compensations of billions of dong.
They said they were tortured by police investigators in the two murder cases in which the real killers confessed and turned themselves in after years of hiding.
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November 11, 2016
Association for Support of Victims of Torture Debuts in Saigon, Vowing to Bring CAT to Real Life
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
Activists on the ceremony for the establishment of the association (Dr. Dinh Duc Long is in the middle while Ms. Nguyen Trang Nhung is the second from right)
By Defend the Defenders, November 11, 2016
A group of Vietnamese activists on November 7 declared the establishment of the Association for Support of Victims of Torture in a bid to realize the rights enshrined in the Convention Against Torture (CAT) in Vietnam.
According to the Mobilization Board for the Establishment of the Association for Support of Victims of Torture, Vietnam signed the Convention Against Torture in 2013 and formally ratified this convention in 2015. However, there is big gap between the law and its enforcement.
Torture is still a big issue in the communist-ruled Vietnam and numerous people, including human rights defenders, social activists and political dissidents, have been tortured by the police forces.
As a civil organization, the Association for Support of Victims of Torture will strive to monitor and support the implementation of the CAT, it said in a public statement.
Among the group’s founding members are medical doctor Dinh Duc Long and Nguyen Trang Nhung who obtained master degree on banking and finance in Singapore after graduated the Law University in Ho Chi Minh City.
Last year, the New York-based Human Rights Watch released a report saying police torture is systemic in Vietnam but few perpetrators have been punished.
According to Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security, there were 226 deaths in police custody between October 2011 and September 2014. Police said illness and suicides were the main reasons for these deaths while families and human rights defenders blamed police torture and ill-treatment.
Dozens of people have been killed and tortured in police stations nationwide since the beginning of 2015. Many people have been brutally beaten by police for minor infractions.
State media has reported a number of victims of miscarriage of justice as their sentences were based on coercion as result of police torture. These victims included Mr. Huynh Van Nen from the central province of Binh Thuan, Luong Ngoc Phi from the northern province of Thai Binh, and Nguyen Thanh Chan from the northern province of Bac Giang.
Mr. Nen and Mr. Chan were wrongly convicted in murder cases. They were freed after spending over ten years in prison, and received respective compensations of billions of dong.
They said they were tortured by police investigators in the two murder cases in which the real killers confessed and turned themselves in after years of hiding.