The human rights organisation said it is concerned for the safety and wellbeing of activists Nguyen Bac Truyen and Nguyen Van Hoa, who are both serving sentences relating to their peaceful defence of human rights in Vietnam.
Catholic activist, Nguyen Van Hoa. from Ha Tinh province, one of the areas that was affected by the Formosa Company steel plant disaster in April 2016 which left many families with no means of livelihood.
Following the disaster, Hoa helped members of the fishing community to seek compensation and filmed peaceful protests about the disaster.
He was sentenced to seven years in prison in a closed trial in November, 2017.
Hoa’s former cellmate recently reported that Hoa had sustained bruises and had been choked by a prison guard.
He has also been beaten on previous occasions and held in solitary confinement with his feet shackled, according to CSW.
Nguyen Bac Truyen and three other prisoners of conscience have gone on hunger strike to protest the treatment of fellow prisoner, Hoa.
Legal expert Nguyen Bac Truyen, is serving an 11-year prison sentence and is said to be extremely frail and rapidly losing weight.
Truyen, a Hoa Hao Buddhist, is a legal expert who has provided pro bono legal assistance to families of political prisoners, victims of land grabs, and persecuted religious communities.
Nguyen Bac Truyen and other prisoners have petitioned for…
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