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Asia - Journalist beaten unconscious by eight policemen

Reporters without borders

Freelance journalist Truong Minh Duc is still in a critical condition in Hoan My Hospital in Ho Chin Minh City, where he was taken after being beaten unconscious by policemen in Thu Dau Mot, a town 20 km to the north, on the morning of 2 November. Reporters Without Borders is appalled by the brutality of the attack on Truong Minh Duc, who was ambushed by eight policemen and then beaten after trying unsuccessfully to flee into a nearby cafeteria. Witnesses said the police continued to hit (...)

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