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Lawyers Raise Concerns over Alleged Torture of Buddhist Practitioner Le Thanh Nhat Nguyen

The defense lawyers of Thiền Am bên bờ vũ trụ (A Small Zen Hermitage at the Edge of the Universe,) an independent Buddhist temple, announced on Oct. 30 that they had collected and verified evidence regarding the alleged mistreatment of Le Thanh Nhat Nguyen, a practitioner at this religious facility, by police interrogators.

Nhat Nguyen, 33, is being detained at the B34 Detention Center in Ho Chi Minh City, which remains under the management of the Ministry of Public Security. Nhat Nguyen suffered “brutal torture” while in detention, according to the announcement.