According to an urgent report, Hanoi police stopped and beat Mr.
Nguyen Bac Truyen and his wife Bui Thi Kim Phuong when the two were on
their way to the Australian embassy.
Reportedly, security agents have been chasing Mr. Truyen and his wife
since February 23, 2014 when they left Saigon for Hanoi. Around 2:30
p.m. on February 24, 2014, plainclothes security agents stopped the
couple’s taxi to carry out a physical attack at the intersection of Tuan
Dao and Lieu Giai in Hanoi.
After stopping the taxi, the attackers rushed in to brutally beat Mr.
Truyen and his wife. The taxi driver was also beaten. They cruelly
punched the victims on their faces and knocked down Mr. Truyen on the
street.
When local people came to help the victims those security agents walked away, leaving behind their victims covered with blood.
Handling the pain, the couple managed to get to the Australian Embassy.
Moment later, the couple was taken to a nearby hospital by embassy
staffs to treat their wounds.
Mr. Nguyen Bac Truyen, 47 years old, is an active human rights activist
in Vietnam. He is also a former prisoner of conscience, convicted of 3
and a half years in prison for allegedly "conducting propaganda against
the state.”
As a lawyer, Mr. Truyen has written many articles promoting democracy
and human rights, and advocating for prisoners of conscience currently
detained in harsh communist prisons in Vietnam.
On February 09, 2014, hundreds of police conducted a violent raid to
arrest Mr. Truyen at the couple’s home in Dong Thap province. He was
released the next day and forced to return to his parents’ home in
Saigon. Following his arrest, the authorities have carried out a series
of illegal activities against his friends and other activists including
Bui Thi Minh Hang, Nguyen Thi Thuy Quynh, and Nguyen Van Minh those who
were arbitrarily arrested while on their way to visit Mr. Truyen’s
family in Dong Thap and are still being detained for 14 days.
Undoubtedly, the communist authorities have actively carried out a
political repression against Mr. Truyen and other activists; and the
level of violence has become increasingly serious.
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