Nguyễn Văn Túc health is quickly deteriorating to the point where he is fainting on a daily basis, yet the authorities continue to deny him adequate medical treatment and have moved him to a remote prison, making family visits much more difficult. Determined to be a prisoner of conscience, Nguyễn Văn Túc should be immediately and unconditionally released.
Nguyễn Văn Túc health is quickly deteriorating to the point where he is fainting on a daily basis, yet the authorities continue to deny him adequate medical treatment and have moved him to a remote prison, making family visits much more difficult. Determined to be a prisoner of conscience, Nguyễn Văn Túc should be immediately and unconditionally released. 1) TAKE ACTION Write a letter, send an email, call, fax or tweet:- Immediately provide adequate medical treatment to Nguyễn Văn Túc in full accordance with the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules);
- Release Nguyễn Văn Túc immediately and unconditionally as he is a prisoner of conscience, imprisoned solely for exercising his rights to freedom of peaceful association and expression;
- Ensure that pending his release, Nguyễn Văn Túc is protected from torture and other ill-treatment including through deliberate denial of adequate medical treatment.
Contact these two officials by 27 December 2018:
State President Nguyễn Phú Trọng Số 2 Hùng Vương, Ngọc Hồ, Ba Đình, Hà Nội 118708, Vietnam Fax : +844 437 335 256 Email : [email protected] Salutation: Your Excellency
Ambassador H.E. Ha Kim Ngoc Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 1233 20th St NW St 400, Washington DC 20036 Phone: 202 861 0737 I Fax: 202 861 0917 Email: [email protected] Salutation: Dear Ambassador
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