Vietnam: Young activist Tran Hoang Phuc arrested
Event- Country
- Viet Nam
- Initial Date
- Jun 29, 2017
- Event Description
On July 3, the police of Vietnam's capital city of Hanoi officially announced the arrest of young activist Tran Hoang Phuc, four days after detaining him without warrant in a renting apartment on Hoang Hoa Tham street, Buoi ward, Tay Ho district. The police said Phuc will be kept for investigation on allegation of "conducting anti-state propaganda" under Article 88 of the country's Penal Code and he will face imprisonment of up to 20 years if is convicted, according to the current Vietnamese law. Currently, Phuc is imprisoned in the Detention facility No. 1 under the management of the Hanoi city's Department of Police. He will be likely kept incommunicado for at least four months for investigation, the common practice applied for those who were accused of allegations in the national security provision of the Penal Code. On June 29, Hanoi's police broke in his apartment on Hoang Hoa Tham street, detaining without showing arrest warrant. The arrest announcement was made after his mother came from Ho Chi Minh City to ask about him.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Judicial Harassment
- Raid
- Rights Concerned
- Right to fair trial
- Right to political participation
- HRD
- Pro-democracy defender
- Youth
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 21.047353299999997
Longitude: 105.8113858
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 3 July 2017, the police of Vietnam's capital city of Hanoi officially announced the arrest of young activist Tran Hoang Phuc, four days after detaining him without warrant in a renting apartment.