Book contents
- Saigon at War
- Cambridge Studies in US Foreign Relations
- Saigon at War
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Heart of South Vietnam
- 2 A Tradition of Activism
- 3 South Vietnam’s Sixties Youth
- 4 South Vietnam and the World
- 5 Building Connections between the People and the Government
- 6 Saigon after Tet
- 7 The Catholic Opposition and Political Repression
- 8 Saigon in the Seventies
- Conclusion
- Select Bibliography
- Index
7 - The Catholic Opposition and Political Repression
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 May 2020
- Saigon at War
- Cambridge Studies in US Foreign Relations
- Saigon at War
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Heart of South Vietnam
- 2 A Tradition of Activism
- 3 South Vietnam’s Sixties Youth
- 4 South Vietnam and the World
- 5 Building Connections between the People and the Government
- 6 Saigon after Tet
- 7 The Catholic Opposition and Political Repression
- 8 Saigon in the Seventies
- Conclusion
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Fr. Chan Tin, a Catholic Redemptorist priest in his fifties, had played the role of confessor often; it was part of his vocation. So he sat and listened as a young woman described how the guards at Thu Duc prison tortured her. They began by blindfolding her and asking her if she worked for the communists. They beat her with a night stick as she tried to respond, and the beating only increased when she said no, that she did not work for the communists. Unsatisfied with her responses, the guards then applied electric shock treatments to her armpits, breasts, and vagina. They were especially brutal on the days when she was menstruating. The woman believed the torture she endured in prison had caused her infertility.1
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- Saigon at WarSouth Vietnam and the Global Sixties, pp. 195 - 222Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020