December 17, 2015
Vietnam arrests high-profile lawyer on anti-state charges
Straits Time | Dec 16, 2015 A Vietnamese lawyer was arrested on Wednesday (Dec 16) on anti-state charges, police said, a week after he was brutally beaten by thugs after leading a training forum for rights defenders in the communist country. Nguyen Van Dai, 47, was taken into custody for “conducting propaganda against the state […]
December 17, 2015
Vietnam arrests lawyer for ‘propaganda’, 10 days after beating
by Nhan Quyen • Nguyen Van Dai
Reuters | Dec 16, 2015 A Vietnamese lawyer badly beaten 10 days ago by unknown attackers was arrested by police on Wednesday for anti-state “propaganda”, the latest incident in what rights groups are calling an alarming crackdown on government critics. Despite sweeping reforms to its economy and increasing openness towards social change, including gay, lesbian […]