Vietnam

Amnesty denounces the torture of prisoners in Vietnam

In the prisons of Vietnam, Mr shocking conditions prevail, according to Amnesty. Especially political prisoners are systematically tortured, according to a report by the human rights organization.

Having regard to the statements of 18 former prisoners, Amnesty International reported that victims were detained, in secret places, physically abused, and medically cared for. You would be isolated “physically and mentally”, you can “break”.

A “intense pressure” is exerted on the prisoners, therefore, just before your process, you confessions squeezed out. Affected prisoners who were imprisoned because of their political or religious beliefs or their ethnic affiliation.

Secret Detention Centres

Torture and other ill-treatment of political prisoners in the mostly closed detention centres of the South East Asian country on the agenda, the human rights organization. Their research lasted for a year.

Among other things, the report is based on more than 150 hours of interviews with the former prisoners, who were between one month and ten years in prison. In addition, Amnesty had Giang in June, access to a women’s prison in the province of Bac.

UN Convention against torture signed

Several of the Interviewees described how they had been locked up in dark cells, without fresh air or access to clean water and sanitation. They were systematically beaten with sticks and rubber hoses, with fists and kicks maltreated or with electro-shock tortured.

Vietnam has signed, in November 2013, the UN Convention against torture and the February 2015 ratified. “But that alone is not enough”, criticizes Rafendi Djamin, Amnesty’s chief for Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

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