Vietnamese prisoner of conscience Trinh Ba Tu twice denied a household go to this month — Radio Free Asia

Trinh Ba Tu, who’s serving an eight-year sentence at a jail in central Vietnam’s Nghe An province, has not been allowed to see his household this month, regardless of two visits.

On Oct. 15, his father Trinh Ba Khiem went to Jail Camp No. 6 to go to his son, however was refused.

“I simply went there on October 15 to ask about Trinh Ba Tu’s well being, however a police officer who lined Trinh Ba Tu’s space answered ‘regular’,” mentioned Khiem who’s a former prisoner of conscience.

Ten days in the past, Khiem visited the jail once more to see his son. Jail authorities refused the go to and wouldn’t let Khiem present meals for his son on the grounds that Tu was nonetheless being disciplined.

Throughout a go to final month Tu instructed his father he had been crushed and left in solitary confinement for 10 days along with his ft shackled.  An unnamed jail official mentioned Tu was disciplined “for writing false accusations.” The official then instructed Khiem he might see Tu as soon as in September and in no way in October.

Khiem mentioned the household was very fearful concerning the well being of their second son.

“On Sept. 20, Trinh Ba Tu mentioned he had been on starvation strike for 14 days,” Khiem mentioned.

“Since that day, I’ve not heard any information… and I have no idea if he has stopped his starvation strike or not.”

Based on Article 43 of the 2019 Legislation on Execution of Legal Judgments there are three types of self-discipline for prisoners: reprimand, warning, and detention in a solitary cell for as much as 10 days. Throughout their time in solitary, prisoners are usually not allowed to see their kinfolk and will have their ft shackled.

Final month, shortly after coming back from jail, Trinh Ba Khiem filed a petition with the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Safety to request an investigation into his son’s beating however has acquired no response.

RFA referred to as the jail on Monday to confirm Khiem’s claims, however nobody answered the telephone.

Trinh Ba Tu, 33, alongside along with his mom Can Thi Theu and his brother Trinh Ba Phuong have been land rights activists for a few years.

Theu and her two sons have been arrested on June 24, 2020 on expenses of “conducting propaganda towards the state.” Theu and Tu have been sentenced to eight years in jail and eldest son Phuong was sentenced to 10 years.

Jail No. 6 is positioned in an space of the Central area with the harshest local weather. Many former prisoners have instructed RFA the warden and guards deal with prisoners of conscience extraordinarily harshly.

In 2019, former trainer Dao Quang Thuc died in Jail No. 6 whereas serving a 13-year sentence. In August this 12 months, citizen journalist Do Cong Duong additionally died there. Each males have been wholesome earlier than being transferred to the jail camp.