This 96-page report highlights cases of police brutality that resulted in deaths and serious injuries of people in custody between August 2010 and July 2014. Human Rights Watch documented abuses in 44 of Vietnam’s 58 provinces, throughout the country, and in all five of the country’s major cities.
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Summary
Deaths in Custody
Custodial Torture
Sources of Police Abuse
Key Recommendations
To the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Methodology
I. The Vietnamese Police
Police Force Structure
II. Cases of Death in Police Custody
Deaths in Custody that Police Admit Were the Result of Police Violence
Killing of Nguyen Huu Thau: July 4, 2014
Killing of Huynh Nghia: February 14, 2014
Killing of Tu Ngoc Thach: December 31, 2013
Killing of Y Ket Bdap: November 27, 2013
Killing of Nguyen Van Ai: January 18, 2013
Killing of Bui Van Loi: December 10, 2012
Killing of Nguyen Tuan Thanh: November 17, 2012
Killing of Nguyen Mau Thuan: August 30, 2012
Killing of Nguyen Manh Son: June 22, 2012
Killing of Ngo Thanh Kieu: May 13, 2012
Killing of Tran Gon: August 8, 2011
Killing of Tran Van Du: March 30, 2011
Killing of Trinh Xuan Tung: March 8, 2011
Killing of Le Phuc Hung: August 1, 2010
Deaths in Custody from Unexplained Causes
Death of Nguyen Van Duc: May 29, 2013
Death of Nguyen Quoc Tuan: January 28, 2013
Death of Bui Huu Vu: April 11, 2012
Death of Hoang Dang Loc: August 26, 2011
Deaths in Custody Allegedly from Suicide
Alleged Suicide of Do Van Binh: April 14, 2014
Alleged Suicide of Hoang Van Ngai: March 17, 2013
Alleged Suicide of Tran Van Tan: January 3, 2013
Alleged Suicide of Le Quang Trong: March 19, 2012
Alleged Suicide of Le Van Tran: August 11, 2011
Alleged Suicide of Nguyen Cong Nhut: April 25, 2011
Deaths in Police Custody Allegedly from Illness
Death of Cao Van Tuyen: July 5, 2013
Death of Nguyen Van Van: June 12, 2012
Death of Dang Van Tri: November 15, 2011
Death of Huynh Thanh Thang: October 7, 2011
III. Injuries in Police Custody Due To Police Abuse
Beating of Six Men: July – December 2013
Beating of Le Hoai Nhan: June 3, 2013
Beating of Huynh Su Nguyen: May 10, 2013
Beating of Van Duc Ngan: April 2, 2013
Beating of Hoang Cu: February 20, 2013
Beating of Nguyen Huu Tien: November 23, 2012
Beating of Seven Youths: August 26, 2012
Beating of Tran Dinh Hoa: July 25, 2012
Beating of Nguyen Truong Vu and Truong Chi Binh: July 26, 2011
Beating of Pham Quang Son: December 28, 2010
Beating of Nguyen Van Khanh: October 17, 2010
Beatings of Children
IV. Recommendations
To the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Accountability
Institutional Reform
Legal and Policy Reform
To the Vietnamese National Assembly
To Governments and International Bodies Funding Vietnamese Legal Reform or Concerned with Human Rights in Vietnam, including the United States, Australia, European Union, Japan, United Nations, World Bank, and Asian Development Bank
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