Pro-democracy Activist Nguyen Van Thanh Detained, Charged of Rape in Unclear Circumstance

Defend the Defenders, October 13, 2019   Authorities in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Binh have kidnapped local pro-democracy activist and tried to charge him with “rape of a person under 16 years old” under Article 142 of the country’s 2015 Criminal Code in a case that many dissidents consider as a trumped-up allegation in […]