World | Aug 19, 2016
4,000 Christians Beaten by Police in Vietnam for Protesting Against Dumping Toxic Waste Into the Sea

4,000 Christians Beaten by Police in Vietnam for Protesting Against Dumping Toxic Waste Into the Sea

By Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post Reporter
< class="img-slider-wrapper align-center center" >Catholics attend an ordination ceremony at the Citeaux Chau Son abbey in Vietnam's Ninh Binh province, 120 km (75 miles) south of Hanoi, April 29, 2012. Vietnam is home to the second largest Catholic population in Asia after the Philippines.< class="img-slider-wrapper align-center center" >Political dissident Nguyen Xuan Dien (C) holds a sign which reads 'Formasa is disaster for Vietnam's marine environment, people and land' during a protest in Hanoi, Vietnam May 1, 2016 against a unit of Taiwan’s Formosa Plastics, a firm they blame for causing an environmental disaster and the death of large numbers of fish in central coast provinces in April. A government investigation into the fish deaths is underway but its preliminary probe found no links to Formosa's .6 billion coastal steel plant in Ha Tinh province.< class="img-slider-wrapper align-center center" >A policeman tries to stop anti-China protesters holding placards during a demonstration in front of the Philippines embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam, July 17, 2016.< class="img-slider-wrapper align-center center" >Demonstrators, holding signs of environmental-friendly messages, say they are demanding cleaner waters in the central regions after mass fish deaths in recent weeks, in Hanoi, Vietnam, May 1, 2016.< class="img-slider-wrapper align-center center" >Demonstrators, holding signs to protest against Taiwanese enterprise Formosa Plastic and environmental-friendly messages, say they are demanding cleaner waters in the central regions after mass fish deaths in recent weeks, in Hanoi, Vietnam, May 1, 2016.
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