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Vietnamese activist arrested for criticising Communist government on Facebook

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Kate Lamb
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Nguyen Quoc Duc Vuong is being held in conditions 'conducive to mistreatment or torture', says Human Rights Watch

Human rights groups have called for the immediate release of a Vietnamese activist arrested for criticising one-party Communist rule on his Facebook page.

Nguyen Quoc Duc Vuong, 28, from Ho Chi Minh city was arrested in late September and now faces charges of "making, storing, disseminating or propagandising information" intended "to oppose the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam", said Human Rights Watch (HRW).

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