August 31, 2015
Vietnam Human Rights Defenders’ Weekly August 24-30: Six Activists Brutally Beaten by Undercovered Police in Lam Dong after Visiting Fresh-released Political Prisoner
Defenders’ Weekly | Aug 30, 2015 *************24/8/2015************ Buddhist Youth Movement Leader Barred from Meeting with German Legislator On August 23, authorities in the central city of Hue asked Le Cong Cau, head of the Buddhist Youth Movement and Secretary-general of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) not to go to Ho Chi Minh City […]
September 1, 2015
Hanoi Police Detain Prominent Economist, Beating Activists Who Come to Pick up Him in Airport
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights], Nguyen Quang A
By Vu Quoc Ngu, September 1, 2015 Security forces in the Hanoi-based Noi Bai International Airport have detained Dr. Nguyen Quang A when he returned from abroad. Plainclothes agents have also beaten many activists who came to pick up the prominent dissident economist. Dr. A took an international flight from the U.S. and landed […]