Vietnamese Authorities Send in the ‘Thugs’ to Beat Activists
February 14, 2017 Vietnamese authorities appear to be systematically cracking down on activists, as environmentalists and others have been attacked…
February 14, 2017
Tag: police brutality
Vietnam police stop fishermen marching to make claims at steel firm
February 14, 2017 Police in Vietnam stopped hundreds of protesters on Tuesday from marching to present compensation claims against a…
February 14, 2017
Physical attack on human rights defender Mr To Oanh
July 14, 2016 On 13 July as To Oanh and his wife were travelling by motorbike in Soc Sen district,…
July 17, 2016
19 Rights Organisations Urge Obama to Raise Human Rights Issues with Vietnam
19 rights organisations including Viet Tan sent a letter urging United States President Barack Obama to raise concerns with the…
April 27, 2016
Police Brutality: Abuse and Repeat
March 7, 2016 By Trinh Nguyễn On a sunny August day last year, a large group of family members, friends,…
March 10, 2016
Vietnamese authorities must cease attacks on activist Tran Minh Nhat
February 23, 2016 Tran Minh Nhat, a former prisoner of conscience, was stoned on the head and threatened by local…
February 23, 2016
Interview: ’Our Family and My Life is in Danger’ From Police Harassment
February 17, 2016 Catholic activist Tran Minh Nhat, 24,of Vietnam’s Lam Dong province was arrested in August 2011 and sentenced…
February 18, 2016
Declaration from Catholic Youth Activists and Former Prisoners of Conscience
February 18, 2016 Regarding the Vietnamese authorities’ brutal actions toward former prisoner of conscience Tran Minh Nhat and his family…
February 18, 2016
Further Harassment by Lam Ha Police
February 12, 2016 During the Lunar New Year, Lam Ha Police harassed and threatened my family for the seventh time…
February 13, 2016
Chris Hayes writes to Australian ambassador regarding recent harassment
Australian Member of Parliament and Chief Opposition Whip Chris Hayes recently wrote to the Australian Ambassador to Vietnam, Hugh Barrowman,…
January 19, 2016
Viet Activist’s Harassment Continues After Leaving Prison
January 5, 2016 Thugs allegedly hired by police destroy property, throw rocks at his house Although Tran Minh Nhat, a…
January 5, 2016
Vietnam – Human rights defender Nguyen Van Dai arrested a week after being brutally beaten
December 22, 2015 On 16 December 2015, Mr Nguyen Van Dai was arrested on anti-state charges in Hanoi. The arrest…
December 28, 2015