Bùi Thị Minh Hằng, imprisoned since February 2014, is in poor health. She has a painful stomach ulcer, low blood pressure, joint pain, frequent severe headaches and occasional blackouts. Despite repeated requests, she has received no medical treatment, and her health is at risk of deteriorating further.
Bùi Thị Minh Hằng is an outspoken activist, well-known in Viet Nam for her participation in peaceful anti-China protests over the long-running territorial disputes in the South China/East Sea. She has also helped victims of land confiscation, disseminating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to communities and extending support to other human rights activists. She is currently detained at Gia Trung Prison in Gia Lai province in the Central Highlands, some 1,000 km from where her family lives, making visits very difficult.
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