November 28, 2020
Prisoner of Conscience Pham Chi Thanh Sent to Mental Facility Six Month After s Being Held in Police Custody
Defend the Defenders, November 28, 2020 Authorities in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have forcibly committed political dissident and well-known blogger Pham Chi Thanh (penname Pham Thanh) to the Central Psychiatric Institute for mental health examination six months after his detention on charge of “conducting anti-state propaganda” under Article 117 of the country’s […]
November 30, 2020
Vietnam Human Rights Defenders’ Weekly Report for November 23-29, 2020: Political Blogger Pham Thanh Sent to Mental Hospital After Six Months of Detention
by Nhan Quyen • DEFENDER’S WEEKLY
Defend the Defenders | November 29, 2020 On November 25, a half year after his detention, authorities in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi forcibly committedpolitical blogger Pham Chi Thanh (penname Pham Thanh) to the Central Psychiatric Institute. Two days later, his wife went to the facility but was not permitted to meet him. She is […]