Vietnam: Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh___s mother and children harassed and confined to her home
Event- Country
- Viet Nam
- Initial Date
- May 20, 2017
- Event Description
On 20 May 2017, more than fifty police officers in both plainclothes and uniforms surrounded Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh's home in Nha Trang, on the South Central Coast of Vietnam, placing the human rights defender's mother, Nguyen Thi Tuyet Lan, as well as her two children under de facto house arrest. A smaller number of police officers returned on 22 and 23 May to prevent the defender's mother and children from exiting the house. On 24 May, Nguyen Thi Tuyet Lan was finally allowed to go to the market but remains under police surveillance.
- Impact of Event
- 3
- Gender of HRD
- Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Intimidation and Threats
- Restrictions on Movement
- Surveillance
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of movement
- HRD
- Family of HRD
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 12.238791100000004
Longitude: 109.1967488
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 20 May 2017, more than fifty police officers in both plainclothes and uniforms surrounded Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh's home in Nha Trang, on the South Central Coast of Vietnam, placing the human rights defender's mother, Nguyen Thi Tuyet Lan, as well as her two children under de facto house arrest.