May 5, 2017
Family of Vietnam Hoa Hao Buddhist Questions Death in Custody Ruled ‘Suicide’
Radio Free Asia, May 4, 2017 Authorities in Vietnam’s Vinh Long province on Thursday announced that a Hoa Hao Buddhist follower had committed suicide in police custody, but the man’s family has questioned their account, saying the “evidence” that proves he killed himself is inconclusive. Vinh Long provincial vice director Pham Van Ngan told reporters […]
May 5, 2017
Facebook User Admits to Filming Attack on Vietnam Activist
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
Radio Free Asia, May 4, 2017 The man who posted video footage to social media of an attack on an environmental activist in Vietnam’s commercial capital Ho Chi Minh City admitted Thursday to having filmed the beating, but said he did not take part in it, according to state media. Shocking video of the May […]