September 27, 2013
Hanoi Police Arrest Prominent Activists, Severely Beating Bloggers
by Sao Khue (Defend the Defenders) Sept 26, 2013 Security forces in Vietnam’s capital city on Wednesday detained a number of bloggers, including prominent activists Nguyen Phuong Uyen and Nguyen Tuong Thuy, and severely beat some detainees before releasing them at midnight, foreign media and local bloggers reported.
January 1, 2014
Vietnamese Authorities Detain Former Political Prisoners Visiting Fellow Dissident
by Defend the Defenders • Huynh Ngoc Tuan, Le Thi Cong Nhan, Ngo Duy Quyen, Pham Ba Hai (Trang Thien Long), Pham Van Troi
Reported by An Nguyen for RFA’s Vietnamese Service. Written in English by Joshua Lipes. On 31 Dec, 2013. Vietnamese authorities on Tuesday detained and interrogated three former political prisoners, beating one of them severely, as they traveled to visit a fellow ex-prisoner of conscience at his home outside the capital, a member of the group […]