Vietnam: wife of detained HRD summoned again over Facebook posts (Update)

Event
Country
  • Viet Nam
Initial Date
Apr 25, 2024
Event Description

Duong Noi provincial police have resumed harassing Do Thi Thu, the wife of Trinh Ba Phuong. They sent her a summons on April 25 asking her to answer questions about her Facebook posts. Phuong recently told his wife that he is feverish and aching, to the point that he has to lie down all day and cover himself with a blanket in spite of the heatwave.

Impact of Event
1
Gender of HRD
  • Woman
Violation
  • Administrative Harassment
  • Intimidation and Threats
Rights Concerned
  • Freedom of expression
    • Online
  • Right to healthy and safe environment
HRD
  • Family of HRD
Perpetrator-State
  • Police
Source

88 Project

Monitoring Status
Pending
Event Location

Latitude: 21.02493376282741

Longitude: 105.84495663743866

Event Location
Summary for Publications

On 25 April 2024, Do Thi Thu, wife of jailed pro-democracy HRD Trinh Ba Phuong, was summoned again for questioning about her Facebook post in a series of police intimidations in Duong Noi Township, Hanoi, Vietnam.

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