Advocacy to Stop Torture in Vietnam

CAT-VN advocates for humane treatment of detainees and prisoners in Vietnam and an end to torture and other abuses in Vietnamese prisons, jails, police stations, re-education centers, psychiatric institutions and other places of detention.
Abolishing Torture in Vietnam: CAT-VN's Recommendations

Measuring Vietnam's Progress in Ending Torture

Ten benchmarks to evaluate Vietnam's progress in preventing and ending torture.

Questions for the Vietnamese Gov't regarding Torture and Related Issues

CAT-VN sent the following questions to the Vietnamese government in December 2013 regarding torture and Vietnam's compliance with the Convention against Torture. To date we have not received a response.
Video: Preventing Torture Everywhere
National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT)
An informative video by NRCAT explains why it's important for countries to sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to the UN Torture Convention.
Dr. Cu Huy Ha Vu: US Should Press Vietnam to Respect Human Rights 
May 6, 2014
Why the US Shouldn’t be Selling Arms to Vietnam
John Sifton, Foreign Policy, October 3, 2014.

Religious Leaders from Vietnam Testify Before U.S. Congress
March 26, 2014

Chức sắc tôn giáo Việt Nam điều trần trước Quốc Hội Hoa Kỳ
Ngày 26 tháng 3, 2014 

CAT-VN's Letter to the Vietnamese Government

On December 10, 2013, prior to publishing our report on torture of prisoners of conscience in Vietnam, CAT-VN sent a letter to the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Public Security summarizing the report's findings and asking what actions the government was taking or would consider taking to address the concerns documented in the report. To date we have not received a response.

Joint Statement in Support of CAT-VN (Bilingual)
"Prisoners of conscience in Vietnam are patriotic Vietnamese who stand up against injustice and violent power. Instead of listening to them, the authorities use oppression, beating, abuse, discrimination and other means to put them in prison."
-- Tran Thi Ngoc Minh, the mother of imprisoned labor rights activist Do Thi Minh Hanh
Congressional hearing on religious freedom in Vietnam, Photo: Hue-Anh. 
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Among those who have testified before the U.S. Congress on Vietnam's human rights record is Rong Nay of the Montagnard Human Rights Organization.

CAT-VN's Official Launch in Washington, D.C.

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CAT-VN was officially launched on January 16, 2014 at press conference in Washington, D.C., where we released our report on torture of prisoners of conscience in Vietnam. At the press conference, Ven. Danh Tol (left), a Khmer Krom Buddhist monk from Vietnam, testified about being imprisoned and tortured for participating in a peaceful protest for religious freedom in 2007. Tran Tu Thanh (center), a veteran of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, described the torture he endured during eight years of incarceration in 14 different "re-education" camps. Earlier in the day Tran Thi Ngoc Minh (right) testified before Congress about the beatings and abuse her daughter, labor rights activist Do Thi Minh Hanh, has suffered in prison.