December 26, 2015
Vietnam Persecution Wave against Activists Continues ahead of Communists’ National Congress, Children Also Targeted
By Vu Quoc Ngu, Dec 26, 2015 Vietnam’s police nationwide have been intensifying persecutions against local activists ahead of the ruling communist party’s National Congress, targeting political dissidents, social activists and human rights defenders and even their young children. In Ho Chi Minh City, police on December 25 detained about ten activists, beating them brutally […]
April 15, 2017
Two Activists Kidnapped, Beaten and Robbed in Quang Binh, Second Case within Two Months
by Nhan Quyen • Huynh Thanh Phat (Saigon), Tran Hoang Phuc
By Defend the Defenders, April 14, 2017 On April 13, two young activists, namely Tran Hoang Phuc and Huynh Thanh Phat, were kidnapped by plainclothes agents, who robbed and brutally beat them before releasing the activists in a remote area in central Vietnam, the victims told Defend the Defenders. The assault occurred in the central […]