June 25, 2015
Police in Central Vietnam Brutally Beat Activists, Relatives Coming to Welcome Released Prisoner of Conscience
by Vu Quoc Ngu, June 25, 2015 Police and militia in Vietnam’s central province of Nghe An on June 25 brutally attacked a group of relatives and activists coming to a local prison to welcome Mr. Trinh Ba Khiem, a prisoner of conscience released one month before his term ends. Mr. Khiem, a farmer in […]
April 9, 2016
Eight Vietnamese Activists Brutally Beaten, Detained While Talking about Human Rights, Democracy
by Nhan Quyen • Can Thi Theu, Nguyen Trung Nghia, Thai Van Dung, Truong Van Dung, Tu Anh Tu
By Vu Quoc Ngu, April 8, 2016 Security forces in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi on April 8 violently suppressed a meeting of local activists, brutally beating and detaining eight of them on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the pro-democracy group Bloc 8406. Bloggers Truong Dung, Trung Nghia, Tu Minh […]