February
2014
1. Hải
Phòng City Public Security disrupted the funeral of Mrs. Nguyễn Thị Lợi, mother
of Ms. Phạm Thanh Nghiên, a prisoner
of conscience (POC)
February
26, 2014.
Hải Phòng City Public Security stopped friends of Ms. Phạm
Thanh Nghiên who came to the funeral of her mother Mrs. Nguyễn Thị Lợi. Public
Security officers openly and brazenly removed the condolence ribbons from the
flower wreaths sent by civil society organizations. They disrupted the funeral
procession to the cemetery. They relented and allowed the funeral to go forward
only after the family of the deceased vehemently protested the inhumanity of
their action.
