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Vietnam Briefing: Vietnam’s Bleak Human Rights Situation At The Beginning Of 2022
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The Vietnam Briefing, which is released every Monday morning Vietnam time, looks at Vietnam’s social and political developments of the past week. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Former Vietnamese journalist jailed for 4 years under “tax evasion” charges * On January 11, 2022, the Hanoi People’s Court convicted [https://www.thevietnamese.org/2022/
On International Human Rights Day, Dissident Dao Quang Thuc Dies; Vietnam to Bury Body Behind Bars
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Retired elementary school teacher Dao Quang Thuc passed away December 10 while serving time at Prison Camp #6, his son recently confirmed [https://www.rfa.org/english/news/vietnam/refuse-12102019152638.html] with Radio Free Asia. He was 58. Prison authorities in the north-central province of Nghe An claim Thuc suffered
Wrongful Death Penalty Cases And The Families That The Inmates Left Behind
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Mrs. Loan began to cry softly as she spoke to me one afternoon in late March, when I called to ask if there were any updates on her son Ho Duy Hai [/2017/12/wrongfully-convictedo-duy-hai-languishes-on-death-row/], who is sitting on death row in Long An province on a wrongful conviction. “He
Sick And Injured Inmates In Vietnam Face Inadequate Medical Treatment, Torture
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An inmate who was diagnosed with a brain hemorrhage in January 2019 told his family that he did not get proper treatment and was sent back to prison after about a month in the hospital. 34-year-old Ha Van Truong is currently serving a nine-year-sentence for manslaughter in the case resulting
Joining UN Convention Against Torture Does Not Seem to Stop Police Brutality from Tormenting Vietnam
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Vietnam soon faces [http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/TreatyBodyExternal/Countries.aspx] the UN’s review compliance on the implementation of the 1984 United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT), which it became [http://vietnamembassy-usa.org/news/2013/11/vietnam-joins-un-convention-against-torture-and-other-cruel-inhuman-or-degrading] the 81st signatory
