Tien is head of policy & legal affairs at the #Vietnam General Confederation of Labor and director of the Institute for #Workers & Trade #Unions, the group said.
An officer at #XuanPhuoc prison declined to comment on his behavior but said that prisoners who are disciplined are put in #SolitaryConfinement for 10 days.
Phuoc, 62, is a former music lecturer at #DakLak#PedagogicalCollege. He was #arrested on Sept. 8, 2022, on charges of “anti-state propaganda.”
Sentenced to 8 yrs in prison & 4 yrs of probation at his trial in June 2023. After losing an appeal, he was sent to Xuan Phuoc prison in #PhuYen province.
As a human rights activist, I cannot remain silent about the alarming situation faced by people deprived of their liberty. Overcrowding and overpopulation in prisons not only violate human dignity, but also make it impossible to guarantee minimum living conditions.
Together, we can and must promote a prison system that focuses on rehabilitation rather than punishment, a system that reflects the values of justice and humanity that we all deserve.
"Over time, their lives in the game world led to the sort of friendships solitary confinement usually prevents. From their respective rec cages in the prison yard, Wardlow would offer Ford advice whenever he was having problems with another prisoner." —@keribla for The Marshall Project
SCOTUSBlog's petition of the week asks: Is a prison guard entitled to #QualifiedImmunity after making a 67yo man with diabetes wounds on his ankles stand in feces-strewn shower water for 30 minutes, sending him back to #SolitaryConfinement with feces on his legs, and refusing him additional showers for a week?
(The man developed an infection and heart problems, requiring emergency surgery)
#Trump lacked power to declassify secret nuclear arms #document, experts say
“The secret document, listed as No. 19 in the indictment charging Trump with endangering national security, can under the Atomic Energy Act only be declassified through a process that by the statute involves the Department of Energy and the Department of Defense.”