Imprisoned Activist in Vietnam ‘Secretly’ Sent to Psychiatric Hospital, Says Family Member

Imprisoned Activist in Vietnam ‘Secretly’ Sent to Psychiatric Hospital, Says Family Member
A 2006 file image of a Vietnamese policeman stands watch outside the Phuoc Co jail on the outskirts of the southern coastal town of Vung Tau. Hoang Dinh Nam/AFP via Getty Images
Aldgra Fredly
Updated:
Vietnamese human rights defender Nguyen Thuy Hanh, who was arrested for spreading information opposing the state, was taken to a psychiatric hospital without her family’s knowledge, her husband claimed in a Facebook post on Monday.

Hanh was arrested on Apr. 7, 2021, for “making, storing, or spreading information, materials or items for the purpose of opposing the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,” without any access to a lawyer and her family.

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Aldgra Fredly is a freelance writer covering U.S. and Asia Pacific news for The Epoch Times.
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