August 4, 2015
Hanoi Resident Dies on Third Day in Police Detention
By Vu Quoc Ngu | Aug 4, 2015 A resident in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi died in a local police detention facility on the third day of being arrested on an allegation of conducting activities against on-duty state officials, state media reported Tuesday. Nguyen Quang Truong, 43, from Du Nghe in Quoc Oai […]
August 5, 2015
Vietnam Releases Two Jailed Activists With Ties to Religious Groups
by Nhan Quyen • Le Van Son (Paulus Le Son), Nguyen Van Oai
RFA | Aug 3, 2015 Vietnamese authorities on Monday released two activists who finished serving jail terms they had received under a vague and ill-defined statute used by authorities to routinely crack down on those who are critical of the one-party communist state. Paulus Le Van Son, a prominent Catholic blogger, and Nguyen Van Oai, […]