Case History: Le Luan
On 3 November 2015, human rights lawyers Mr Tran Thu Nam and Mr Le Luan were attacked and beaten by masked men in Hanoi.
The lawyers are currently providing legal support to the family of a young man who recently died in police custody.
Le Luan is a Hanoi-based human rights lawyer providing free legal support to the victims of police brutality and other human rights abuses by the authorities. He is supporting the family of Do Dang Du, who died on 10 October 2015, after being held in police custody for two months on a charge of theft. The lawyers questioned the validity of the autopsy carried out on Do Dang Du’s body as it failed to include an examination of internal organs, which could prove that he died as a result of injuries sustained in the beating.
On 3 November 2015, human rights lawyers Mr Tran Thu Nam and Mr Le Luan were attacked and beaten by masked men in Hanoi.
The lawyers are currently providing legal support to the family of a young man who recently died in police custody.
On 3 November 2015, the human rights lawyers were attacked by eight masked men on motorcycles in Hanoi. They tried to escape, but were caught and beaten before the assailants left on their vehicles. They recognised one of the attackers as a local police officer. Tran Thu Nam and Le Luan sustained several injuries, including to their faces, and received medical treatment in the local hospital.
The attack happened right after the human rights lawyers had met with the family of Do Dang Du to discuss further steps in the legal proceedings regarding his death in police custody. Do Thi Mai, Du’s mother, witnessed the attack.
