Vietnam: student and former political prisoner intimidated

Event
Country
  • Viet Nam
Initial Date
Nov 6, 2023
Event Description

On Nov. 6, former political prisoner Tran Hoang Phuc reported to his probation officer as part of the supervised release order. He was questioned for three hours about his online activities and his taking online courses from Hoa Sen University in Business Management and International Law. Phuc told Project88 he felt intimidated and that the officers in charge, who were not in uniform, treated him in a very condescending and threatening manner.

Impact of Event
1
Gender of HRD
  • Man
Violation
  • Intimidation and Threats
Rights Concerned
  • Freedom of expression
    • Online
  • Right to healthy and safe environment
HRD
  • Blogger/ Social Media Activist
  • Student
Perpetrator-State
  • Police
Source

88 Project

Monitoring Status
Pending
Event Location

Latitude: 10.890296036018265

Longitude: 106.7633122791753

Event Location
Summary for Publications

On 6 November 2023, Tran Hoang Phuc, student and former political prisoner, was questioned and intimidated by the probation officer for taking part in an online human rights course in Binh Duong province, Viet Nam.