March 15, 2024
Vietnam police summon political prisoners’ wives
Vietnam police have been summoning the wives of political prisoners for questioning over the past week, leading one lawyer to suggest that the Ministry of Public Security has launched a new harassment campaign against relatives of prisoners of conscience. According to information obtained by Radio Free Asia, police summoned the wives of four prisoners this […]
March 15, 2024
Vietnam holds political prisoner in solitary confinement for 18 months
by Defend the Defenders • [Human Rights]
Vietnam’s Nam Ha Prison has been holding political prisoner Nguyen Duc Hung in a solitary cell for 18 months, his family told Radio Free Asia this week. The law says the disciplinary period for violating a prison’s rules is only 10 days. The 33-year-old campaigned against the Formosa Plastics Group steel factory, which polluted the water supply […]