Vietnam Should End Abuse of Imprisoned Critic

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Trịnh Ba Tu and Can Thi Theu © 2018 Private Since October 31, Trinh Ba Tu, a Vietnamese political prisoner, has been held alone in a dark cell, denied visitors and even any kind of light. Guards open the door briefly twice a day to deliver meals, the only human contact he is permitted.Why such severe punishment? A few days earlier, Trinh Ba Tu had complained about the moldy, spoiled rice he and other prisoners were given to eat.And in September, he and fellow political prisoners reportedly carried out a hunger strike to demand the “immediate and unconditional…

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