July 26, 2016

VIET NAM: MINORITY GROUP’S PROTEST MET WITH VIOLENCE

by • H Nuen Adrong, Y Nai Nie, Y Pina Nie, Y Som Hwing, Y Tluk Hwing

Amnesty International | Jul 22, 2016 A spontaneous demonstration by ethnic and religious minority Ede in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam on 14 July was violently suppressed, resulting in injuries to around 20 demonstrators. The arrests and incommunicado detention of at least seven demonstrators raises serious concerns about torture and ill-treatment. A huge police operation […]