Vietnam: US Citizen in Televised ‘Confession’

Expand William Anh Nguyen. © Private (New York) – Vietnamese authorities should drop criminal charges and release a United States citizen and Vietnamese nationals arrested for their peaceful participation in protests in Ho Chi Minh City, Human Rights Watch said today. William Anh Nguyen is scheduled to go on trial for “disrupting public order” under penal code article 318 on July 20, 2018. He faces up to seven years in prison if convicted. Video footage of the June 10 protest shows men in civilian clothes and surgical masks, believed to be undercover police, physically restraining Nguyen and…

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