Medical letter writing action: Viet Nam: Dr Nguyen Dan Que

Dr Nguyen Dan Que is a prisoner of conscience who was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment and five years of house arrest after a trial on 29 November 1992. He is reported to suffer from hypertension and a bleeding gastric ulcer, but is still reported at intervals to be required to undertake hard labour. Reports received in September suggest that he has now been placed in solitary confinement. It is not known what medical treatment he is receiving.

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