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. The activist was known for her creation of the 50k Fund in 2017, which raises money for the families of unjustly detained persons across the communist-ruled country. Her husband, Huynh Ngoc Chenh, claimed that Hanh’s health status appeared to be kept secret by authorities as her family has yet to receive any information regarding her health condition. At least four patients at Hanoi’s Central Mental Hospital No. 1 contacted Chenh to inform that Hanh had been admitted …
Imprisoned Activist in Vietnam ‘Secretly’ Sent to Psychiatric Hospital, Says Family Member
January 24, 2022
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