Vietnam: WHRD and former political prisoner held in temporary detention
Event- Country
- Viet Nam
- Initial Date
- May 16, 2024
- Event Description
Former prisoner Dang Thi Hue, who was released in 2023 after serving 39 months in prison for protesting BOT projects in 2019, has reported to Project88 that she was “abducted” by Thai Binh provincial security agents on May 16 while she was running errands. She said the agents were a group of four men and two women, only one of whom was in uniform. She was held in temporary detention for 24 hours without any notice given to her family. The anxiety allegedly caused her father to have a heart attack. Luckily, her younger sister, who works at Lam Hoa Hospital in Thai Binh, was able to come home quickly to revive her. Hue was released the next day and told Project88 that she is OK and that her health is good.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Woman
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Rights Concerned
- Right to liberty and security
- HRD
- WHRD
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 20.443432248570687
Longitude: 106.33590589573454
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 16 May 2024, WHRD and former political prisoner Dang Thi Hue was taken into temporary detention for unknown reasons by the police in Thai Binh, Vietnam.