Nguyen Dang Vu (Nguyen Peng)

June 13, 2018

Hundreds of Vietnamese Protestors Arrested, Beaten During Nationwide Demonstrations, Crackdown Continues

by • [Human Rights], Nguyen Dang Vu (Nguyen Peng), Nguyen Thuy Hanh

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Defend the Defenders, June 13, 2018   Hundreds of Vietnamese protestors have been arrested and beaten by security forces and the numbers are likely torise as local authorities continue their crackdown, according to the state media and citizen journalists. State media has reported that security forces havearrested around 200 protestors in the central province of […]

November 30, 2017

Many Activists, Relatives Beaten, Detained After Appeal Hearing of Mother Mushroom

by • Duong Thi Tan, Nguyen Dang Vu (Nguyen Peng), Tran Thi Thu Nguyet, Trinh Kim Tien

By Defend the Defenders, November 30, 2017 Security forces in Vietnam’s central province of Khanh Hoa have violently suppressed a peaceful demonstration right after the appeal hearing of prominent human rights defenders Nguyen Ngoc Quynh who is famous with her penname Mother Mushroom. Triggered by the unfair hearing on November 30 in which the High […]

October 9, 2017

HCM City-based Activist Kidnapped, Interrogated for 20 Hours

by • Nguyen Dang Vu (Nguyen Peng)

By Defend the Defenders, October 9, 2017 Nguyen Dang Vu, an activist living in Ho Chi Minh City, was kidnapped by the city’s police, who interrogated him for 20 hours about his social activities. Vu, who has a Facebook account named Nguyen Peng, went missing in the evening of October 7, after participating in a […]

June 14, 2017

Nhà hoạt động Nguyễn Đăng Vũ bị bắt giữ độc đoán và bị đánh đập bởi công an Việt Nam

by • Nguyen Dang Vu (Nguyen Peng)

Front Line Defenders, ngày 13/6/2017 Ngày 8/6/2017, nhà hoạt động nhân quyền Nguyễn Đăng Vũ đã bị bắt giữ một cách độc đoán bởi lực lượng công an ở thành phố Buôn Ma Thuột, tỉnh Đắc Lắc, và bị đưa vào công an phường Tân Lập, nơi mà anh bị giam giữ và đánh đập […]

June 13, 2017

Vietnam: Nguyen Dang Vu arbitrarily arrested and beaten by the police

by • Nguyen Dang Vu (Nguyen Peng)

Front Line Defenders, June 13, 2017 On 8 June 2017, human rights defender, Nguyen Dang Vu, was arbitrarily arrested by police officers in Buon Ma Thuot city, Dak Lak province, and taken to the Tan Lap police station, where they beat him and detained him for 31 hours. The police confiscated his belongings, including his […]