Several dissidents were attacked and arrested during todays international hungerstrike in support of Vietnams prisoners of conscience. The hungerstrike was part of the We Are One movement, and was arranged in several countries. It is a unique effort to bring attention to the prisoners of conscience in Vietnam, as it is the first event that…
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Akkurat nå er det mennesker i Vietnam som føler seg truet. Men om man leser i de store norske medier er ikke dette nevnt med et ord. Nei, de har ikke gjort noe kriminelt, ikke etter vestlig standard. I følge vietnamesiske myndigheter derimot, har de virkelig gjort noe galt. De har valgt å bruke sine…
Vietnam police tightens control of local activists before international hunger strike
Hundreds of human rights activists and political dissidents, mostly in the two biggest cities, are planning to hold a fast as part of the World Hunger Strike Day organized by Vietnamese worldwide to demand for human rights improvement in the communist nation in the Southeast Asia, and immediate release of prisoners of conscience. Vietnam’s security…