July 2, 2016
Vietnam Prominent Dissident Hosts U.S. Ambassador in His Private Residence
By Vu Quoc Ngu, July 02, 2016 On June 30, Dr. Nguyen Dan Que, a prominent Vietnamese political dissident, hosted U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius in his private residence in Saigon, the activist said. During the meeting which lasted about an hour in the afternoon of Thursday, Dr. Que, who spent over 20 years […]
October 9, 2016
Prominent Vietnamese Activists Detained, Beaten while Attending Workshop on Civil Society in Vung Tau
by Nhan Quyen • Le Cong Dinh, Nguyen Dan Que, Nguyen Thi Thuy Quynh, Pham Ba Hai (Trang Thien Long)
By Defend the Defenders, October 09, 2016 Security forces in Vietnam’s southern city of Vung Tau on October 8 detained a group of around 30 activists when they gathered at a local hotel to attend a workshop on civil society. The local police interrogated, beat and destroyed their communication devices before releasing them at midnight […]