by Defend the Defenders, April 7, 2017
Authorities in Prison No. 6 of Vietnam’s central province of Nghe An continue their inhuman treatment against prominent political prisoner Tran Huynh Duy Thuc, who is serving a 16-year sentence on charges of trying to “overthrow the state” under Article 79 of the Penal Code.
According to Mr. Thuc’s family, who visited him in the prison on April 1, his eyes suffer from the lack of adequate light inside the prison cell as the prison authorities have cut off electricity during the daytime.
During sunny days, his room has some natural light but it is dark on cloudy days. His family had tried to send him plastic battery-operated flashlights to use for reading and writing, but the prison’s authorities refused to receive them, saying they were “electronic devices” which prisoners are not allowed to receive.
The prison’s authorities have also denied him the right to receive books and newspapers, including copies of Vietnam’s laws, the family said.
The family plans to submit a letter to President Tran Dai Quang to report the inhuman treatment meted out on Thuc by the authorities of the prison, which is famous for harassing many political prisoners, including independent journalist Nguyen Van Hai (a.k.a. Dieu Cay).
Thuc was arrested in May 2009 and sentenced to 16 years’ imprisonment and five years under house arrest. In August 2012, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention deemed that the arrests of Thuc and his co-defendants were arbitrary and called for their release.
In August 2016, Thuc was disciplined by the prison’s authorities after he refused forced labor without being paid. The prison’s authorities cut off electricity in his room during hot summer period in one of the hottest regions in Vietnam as reprisal for his refusal.
Update on Trần Huỳnh Duy Thức from Prison No.6, Nghệ An, April 6, 2017
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April 10, 2017
Vietnamese Prominent Dissident Badly Treated while Serving 16-year Sentence
by Nhan Quyen • Tran Huynh Duy Thuc
by Defend the Defenders, April 7, 2017
Authorities in Prison No. 6 of Vietnam’s central province of Nghe An continue their inhuman treatment against prominent political prisoner Tran Huynh Duy Thuc, who is serving a 16-year sentence on charges of trying to “overthrow the state” under Article 79 of the Penal Code.
According to Mr. Thuc’s family, who visited him in the prison on April 1, his eyes suffer from the lack of adequate light inside the prison cell as the prison authorities have cut off electricity during the daytime.
During sunny days, his room has some natural light but it is dark on cloudy days. His family had tried to send him plastic battery-operated flashlights to use for reading and writing, but the prison’s authorities refused to receive them, saying they were “electronic devices” which prisoners are not allowed to receive.
The prison’s authorities have also denied him the right to receive books and newspapers, including copies of Vietnam’s laws, the family said.
The family plans to submit a letter to President Tran Dai Quang to report the inhuman treatment meted out on Thuc by the authorities of the prison, which is famous for harassing many political prisoners, including independent journalist Nguyen Van Hai (a.k.a. Dieu Cay).
Thuc was arrested in May 2009 and sentenced to 16 years’ imprisonment and five years under house arrest. In August 2012, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention deemed that the arrests of Thuc and his co-defendants were arbitrary and called for their release.
In August 2016, Thuc was disciplined by the prison’s authorities after he refused forced labor without being paid. The prison’s authorities cut off electricity in his room during hot summer period in one of the hottest regions in Vietnam as reprisal for his refusal.
Update on Trần Huỳnh Duy Thức from Prison No.6, Nghệ An, April 6, 2017