Religious freedom attacked again with Catholics and Buddhists as the main target-Asia News | Jan 16, 2016 Vietnamese authorities started the new year with new violent attacks against freedom of religion and worship, and those exercise this right, this according to the Liên Tôn (Interfaith) Association, which brings together Catholic, Protestant, Caodaist, Hoa Hao Buddhists and Unified Church leaders. Active for years in defending freedom of […]
Vietnamese Citizen Dies after Being Detained, Second Death within One Week-Luong Minh Tuan from Vietnam’s biggest economic hub Ho Chi Minh City has become the second citizen to die during police detention within a week, according to the state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper. Mr. Tuan, 21, who was detained by authorities in Long An province last year for investigation on his role in a property stealing, […]
Vietnamese Secondary School Student Commits Suicide after Being Interrogated by Police-By Vu Quoc Ngu, Jan 17, 2015 Nguyen Thanh Tam, a student of 9-grade class in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Ngai, has committed suicide after being interrogated by local police without presence of his relatives nor teacher, the state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper reported Saturday (http://tuoitre.vn/tin/ban-doc/20160116/hs-lop-9-len-xa-lam-viec-ve-nha-viet-thu-roi-tu-tu/1039513.html). Tam, 17, took a herbicide in a bid to […]
Courts should strive to deserve people’s confidence-Vietnamnet | Jan 16, 2016 President Truong Tan Sang urged court officials to take actions against the degradation in political thought, morals and lifestyles, and raise their prestige in order to deserve people’s confidence. The leader made the appeal at a meeting of the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) in Hanoi on January 15 to put […]
Prominent Vietnam Activist Released From Jail But Has Nowhere to Live-RFA | Jan 15, 2016 Vietnam released a prominent female human rights activist today after she served a five-year prison sentence for violating the country’s law aimed at stopping dissent. Ho Thi Bich Khuong was released from Thanh Xuan prison in Hanoi after serving a prison sentence for “conducting propaganda against the government,” but it […]
Vietnamese Political Dissident Reportedly Forced to Make False Statements During Detention-by Vu Quoc Ngu, Jan 16, 2015 Investigating police officers in Vietnam’s central province of Thanh Hoa have tried to force local dissident Dinh Tat Thang, who is in detention from August last year, to confess that his denunciations against state officials are wrong, his son told local media. Mr. Dinh Van Tuan said he […]
Vietnamese Dies after One-week Detention for Brick Stealing Investigation, First Victim of Police Torture This Year-By Vu Quoc Ngu, January 15, 2016 A Vietnamese man in the central province of Nghe An has died in a local police detention facility one week after being arrested for investigation in his role in a brick stealing case, the Tuoi Tre newspaper reported Friday (http://tuoitre.vn/tin/phap-luat/20160115/lai-mot-nguoi-chet-khi-dua-den-trai-tam-giam/1038901.html). The family of Mr. Dang Van Hanh from […]
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