Defend the Defenders | 11/11/2014
Defenders’ Weekly
On Nov 2, independent journalist Truong Minh Duc on his way from Binh Duong to Saigon was followed by a group of seven-eight thugs. At an intersession Suoi Giua near Thu Dau Mot town, the mobs stopped him and beat him brutally.
Prisoner of conscience Tran Huu Duc on Nov 2 completed his 39-month imprisonment he was sentenced in 2011 for conducting anti-state propaganda under Article 88 of the Criminal Code.
This week, prisoner of conscience Vo Thi Thu Thuy was released three months before her term ends. She was arrested in early 2011 with accusation of conducting “anti-state propaganda” by disseminating leaflets to defame the ruling communist party and its government. Ms. Thuy is an active Catholic follower in demanding local authorities to return Tam Toa Church for the local parish in Quang Binh province.
On Nov 26, policemen in Thoi Hoa ward and mobs blocked two main roads to Christian group Mennonite in My Phuoc in Ben Cat district in Binh Duong. They intended not to allow followers to gather to the group’s church in My Phuoc.
and other interesting news.
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Two Political Prisoners Released
Prisoner of conscience Tran Huu Duc on Nov 2 completed his 39-month imprisonment he was sentenced in 2011 for conducting anti-state propaganda under Article 88 of the Criminal Code.
After coming home in Nam Loc commune in Nam Dan district in Nghe An province from Phu Son 4 prison in Thai Nguyen province, Mr. Duc told the Free Asia radio:
“In 39 months after being transferred from Nghi Kim prison to Phu Son 4 prison, I recognized the uncultured treatment of prison officials with me. They closed my small room during hot weather. They refused to sell me the goods I need. They did not allow me to receive letters, books, newspapers from my family.”
Mr. Duc is the third activist of the group disseminating leaflets on May 19-20, 2011 to call on people to boycott the elections of the parliament and People’s Councils in provincial, district and communal levels in Nghe An. Two others are Chu Manh Son and Dau Van Duong, and they completed their sentences earlier.
This week, prisoner of conscience Vo Thi Thu Thuy was also released three months before her term ends. She was arrested in early 2011 with accusation of conducting “anti-state propaganda” by disseminating leaflets to defame the ruling communist party and its government. Ms. Thuy is an active Catholic follower in demanding local authorities to return Tam Toa Church for the local parish in Quang Binh province.
RFA: Hai tù nhân lương tâm vừa được ra tù
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Independent Journalist Truong Minh Duc Brutally Beaten by Mobs
On Nov 2, independent journalist Truong Minh Duc on his way from Binh Duong to Saigon was followed by a group of seven-eight thugs. At an intersession Suoi Giua near Thu Dau Mot town, the mobs stopped him.
Duc ran into a cafeteria nearly, however, the thugs came and attacked him brutally. After Duc fell in unconscious, the mobs left the scene.
Mrs. Thanh, Mr. Duc’s wife, said currently he breaths difficultly. He is under intensive care in the Saigon-based Hoan My hospital with numerous injuries.
Mr. Duc told his wife that he recognized that some of the attackers were policemen in Ben Cat district in Binh Duong.
FRA: Ký giả Trương Minh Đức bị đánh hội đồng trọng thương
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Police Blocks Roads not to Allow Mennonite Followers to Gather in Their Church
On Nov 26, policemen in Thoi Hoa ward and mobs blocked two main roads to Christian group Mennonite in My Phuoc in Ben Cat district in Binh Duong. They intended not to allow followers to gather to the group’s church in My Phuoc.
Many Mennonite followers who were blocked amid their way to the church heard that plain clothes security agents and mob contacted each other by cell phones for their plan to burn the church during night. As many as 39 followers are praying inside the church. Followers, blocked by mobs, cried for help but no policemen appeared.
All Mennonite followers swore that they would die to protect their religious freedom to deal with the brutal harassment of the Vietnamese government. They called on Christians in the country and foreign countries to pray for them. They urged civil societies, human rights bodies and media to voice to protest Hanoi, demanding the communist government to stop its crackdown against religions.
VRNs: Công an chặn đường không cho tín đồ tới nhà nguyện Mennonite
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Binh Duong Authorities Suppresses Mennonite Followers
On Nov 2, a group of clerks and followers of Protestant Mennonite gathered at a praying facility in My Phuoc 1 commune in Ben Cat district in Binh Duong to pray despite supression and threat of local authorities. Participants of the ceremony were workers and students from Hmong ethnic group temporarily staying in the locality.
When the ceremony started, hundreds of mobs on high-speed motorbikes attacked the praying facility. They broke the door and beat followers, causing serious injuries for them.
Earlier between Oct 30 and Nov 1, around 150 policemen and plain-clothes agents blocked roads which lead to the praying facility. Local people heard that the police hired gangsters to attack Mennonite followers if they gather.
Security agents also came to renting houses of Hmong students to lock their doors. Many mobs equipped with weapons threatened priest Nguyen Hong Quang.
DTD: CHÍNH QUYỀN KHỦNG BỐ CÁC TÍN ĐỒ TIN LÀNH MENNONITE
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Prominent Blogger Detained on Her Way to Attend Seminar on Human Rights
Prominent activist Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh (aka Me Nam- Mother Mushroom) was detained by security agents on Nov 3 when she was on her way to take a flight to Hanoi where she is invited by embassies of Norway, Canada and Australia to attend a seminar on Vietnam’s Universal Periodic Review on Human rights, slated in Hanoi at 10 am of Tuesday.
Policemen took her to Khanh Hoa province’s Investigation team where they searched her luggage. After finding nothing, they remained silent and waited for time to go by just to make her unfit for the booked flight to the capital city.
After long time, one security officer asked why she wants to go to Hanoi after being summoned by local police to work next day. She refused to work with policemen, saying she did not agree with their intention to make her to miss the flight to Hanoi.
They confiscated her driving license and other items, and demanded her to come to work for returning the items next day.
They held her until 9pm and forced her to go out of the police station as she refused to leave to protest the illegal detention.
This is the second detention of Ms. Quynh. On July 29, she was also held by Khanh Hoa police when she was going to attend a seminar on communication organized by Australia’s Embassy in Hanoi.
********5/11/2014*******
AnhBaSam’s Wife Meets Legislator in Germany’s Parliament
On Oct 31, Mrs. Le Thi Minh Ha, the wife of Mr. Nguyen Huu Vinh (aka AnhBaSam) met legislator Tom Koenigs in Germany’s Parliament in Berlin to provide information regarding the illegal arrest of her husband by the Vietnamese communist government.
Mr. Koenigs is head of the legislators of the Green Party in the German Parliament.
Mrs. Ha said that the arrests of her husband and his assistant Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy went against the International Conventions of Political and Civil Rights on which Vietnam is a signatory party. The arrests also seriously violated freedom of press and freedom of information, the two universal human rights.
Mr. Koenigs pledged to write a letter to Vietnam’s Embassy in Germany to demand release of Mr. Vinh and Ms. Thuy.
Anhbasam: Vợ Anh Ba Sàm gặp Dân biểu Tom Koenigs tại quốc hội CHLB Đức
DTD: Vietnam Security Force Violates Law in Indictment of Famous Blogger: Lawyers
DTD: Bắt Anh Ba Sàm là ‘trái pháp luật’
RFA: Thấy gì trong bản kết luận điều tra anh Ba Sàm
***********6/11/2014*********
Vietnam Imposes Heavy Sentences for Anti-China Protesters
In late October, Vietnam bought to the court over ten of participants in anti-China protests in mid-May. Three activists Le Thi Phuong Anh, Pham Minh Vu and Do Nam Trung, who are members of unsanctioned civil societies will also be tried soon. The trio was arrested when they went to Dong Nai in order to cover the news for anti-China demonstrations which later turned into violent.
Le Van Bi, one of protesters, was sentenced to 14 months in prison for shouting patriotic slogans. He just stayed outside but not participated in destroying foreign-invested companies nor beating Chinese workers.
His wife expressed dissatisfaction on his sentence, saying he just peacefully protested the Chinese illegal deployment of HYSY-981 oil rig in Vietnam’s waters. Many mobs, who destroyed foreign properties and called on others to do the same, ran away and remained unpunished, she added.
RFA: Phiên tòa cảnh báo những ai chống Trung Quốc?
*********7/11/2014**********
French Senior Diplomat Assaulted by Mobs in Vietnam Southern Hub
French Consul-General Emmanuel Ly Batallan in Vietnam’s southern hub Ho Chi Minh City on Nov 5 was assaulted by thugs supported by plain-clothes policemen when he tried to assist a local activist, the Reporter Without Border (RWB) said.
Mr. Batallan was beaten when he came to a private house of Pham Minh Hoang, a Franco-Vietnamese blogger in the city after the blogger asked for help. Five days ago, a group of gangsters accompanied by plain-clothes security agents moved into a house close to Mr. Hoang’s home, in which political dissident Nguyen Bac Truyen also lives. The mobs blocked Mr. Truyen from going out.
Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has advised the French senior diplomat to protest after being informed about the assault.
Vietnam and France elevated their relations to strategic partnership this year, nearly 60 years after Paris withdrew its soldiers from the Southeast Asian nation to end its colonization in Indochina.
Both Mr. Hoang and Mr. Truyen were former political prisoners for their articles criticizing Vietnam’s government.
In 2011, Mr. Hoang, a mathematics professor, was sentenced to three years in prison and three years under house arrest for “attempting to overthrow the government”. He is still in the probation period.
Meanwhile, lawyer Truyen was imprisoned for four years in 2007 for anti-state propaganda.
After completing their imprisonments, Mr. Truyen and Mr. Hoang have been harassed continuously by local authorities. Mr. Truyen has been beaten seriously by mobs and policemen several times.
On the same time, security agents also stationed near private houses of other activists, including Mr. Nguyen Tri Dung and Ms. Duong Thi Tan, a son and the former wife of prominent dissident Nguyen Van Hai (aka Dieu Cay), and Dr. Nguyen Dan Que.
VNRs: An ninh Hồ Chí Minh tấn công TLS Pháp tại Sài Gòn
VNRs: Vietnamese Authorities Step Up Harassment of Dissident Rights Lawyer
*********8/11/2014*********
Germany Amnesty International Urges Vietnam to Release Activist Tran Huynh Duy Thuc
Germany Amnesty International has sent a petition to Vietnamese Minister of Public Security General Tran Dai Quang for unconditional release of prominent activist Tran Huy Duy Thuc.
In its petition letter which was written in German, Germany Amnesty International highlighted:
“Mr. Tran Huynh Duy Thuc was arrested in May 2009 and on Jan 20, 2010, he was sentenced to 16 years in jail and five years under house arrest for accusation of attempting to throw the government under Article 79 of the country’s Criminal Code. He supported reforms in politics, economics and democracy and peacefully exercised his rights of freedom of expression.
At the appeal in May 2010, the sentence was upheld.
In August 2012, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concluded that the arrest and trial of Mr. Thuc were arbitrary and the Amnesty International considers Tran Huy Duy Thuc as prisoner of conscience.
Immediately and unconditionally releases Mr. Thuc.
The right of freedom of expression is enshrined in Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights that Vietnam has signed.
FB Conduongvietnam: Thỉnh nguyện thư của Amnesty International Đức: Hãy trả tự do ngay cho Trần Huỳnh Duy Thức!
**********9/11/2014**********
Vietnam Human Rights Network Announces 2014 Human Rights Prizes
One organization and three individuals have been honored with Human Rights Prizes 2014 of the Vietnam Human Rights Network which received 22 nominations from the country and abroad.
The winners this year are Vietnam Redemptory’s Church, human rights activist Nguyen Bac Truyen, musicians Vo Minh Tri (Viet Khang) and Tran Vu Anh Binh.
Both Mr. Tri and Mr. Binh are imprisoned by the communist government.
“The honored prize of the Vietnam Human Rights Network is a big encouragement for me and my family as well as my friend. It is for me but it also is for all activists in Vietnam,” said Mr. Truyen.
In its announcement for its decision, the Vietnam Human Rights Network said the Vietnam Redemptory’s Church was selected because of its efforts to fight for justice. The church is helping those people victims of injustice, over-deployed and illegally-detained. It is the place to give shelter for those who have no house to live.
RFA: Mạng lưới Nhân Quyền VN công bố giải thưởng Nhân quyền năm 2014
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November 11, 2014
Human Rights Defenders’ Weekly Nov 3-9, 2014: Independent Journalist Truong Minh Duc Brutally Beaten by Mobs
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights], DEFENDER’S WEEKLY
Defenders’ Weekly
On Nov 2, independent journalist Truong Minh Duc on his way from Binh Duong to Saigon was followed by a group of seven-eight thugs. At an intersession Suoi Giua near Thu Dau Mot town, the mobs stopped him and beat him brutally.
Prisoner of conscience Tran Huu Duc on Nov 2 completed his 39-month imprisonment he was sentenced in 2011 for conducting anti-state propaganda under Article 88 of the Criminal Code.
This week, prisoner of conscience Vo Thi Thu Thuy was released three months before her term ends. She was arrested in early 2011 with accusation of conducting “anti-state propaganda” by disseminating leaflets to defame the ruling communist party and its government. Ms. Thuy is an active Catholic follower in demanding local authorities to return Tam Toa Church for the local parish in Quang Binh province.
On Nov 26, policemen in Thoi Hoa ward and mobs blocked two main roads to Christian group Mennonite in My Phuoc in Ben Cat district in Binh Duong. They intended not to allow followers to gather to the group’s church in My Phuoc.
and other interesting news.
********3/11/2014*********
Two Political Prisoners Released
Prisoner of conscience Tran Huu Duc on Nov 2 completed his 39-month imprisonment he was sentenced in 2011 for conducting anti-state propaganda under Article 88 of the Criminal Code.
After coming home in Nam Loc commune in Nam Dan district in Nghe An province from Phu Son 4 prison in Thai Nguyen province, Mr. Duc told the Free Asia radio:
“In 39 months after being transferred from Nghi Kim prison to Phu Son 4 prison, I recognized the uncultured treatment of prison officials with me. They closed my small room during hot weather. They refused to sell me the goods I need. They did not allow me to receive letters, books, newspapers from my family.”
Mr. Duc is the third activist of the group disseminating leaflets on May 19-20, 2011 to call on people to boycott the elections of the parliament and People’s Councils in provincial, district and communal levels in Nghe An. Two others are Chu Manh Son and Dau Van Duong, and they completed their sentences earlier.
This week, prisoner of conscience Vo Thi Thu Thuy was also released three months before her term ends. She was arrested in early 2011 with accusation of conducting “anti-state propaganda” by disseminating leaflets to defame the ruling communist party and its government. Ms. Thuy is an active Catholic follower in demanding local authorities to return Tam Toa Church for the local parish in Quang Binh province.
RFA: Hai tù nhân lương tâm vừa được ra tù
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Independent Journalist Truong Minh Duc Brutally Beaten by Mobs
On Nov 2, independent journalist Truong Minh Duc on his way from Binh Duong to Saigon was followed by a group of seven-eight thugs. At an intersession Suoi Giua near Thu Dau Mot town, the mobs stopped him.
Duc ran into a cafeteria nearly, however, the thugs came and attacked him brutally. After Duc fell in unconscious, the mobs left the scene.
Mrs. Thanh, Mr. Duc’s wife, said currently he breaths difficultly. He is under intensive care in the Saigon-based Hoan My hospital with numerous injuries.
Mr. Duc told his wife that he recognized that some of the attackers were policemen in Ben Cat district in Binh Duong.
FRA: Ký giả Trương Minh Đức bị đánh hội đồng trọng thương
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Police Blocks Roads not to Allow Mennonite Followers to Gather in Their Church
On Nov 26, policemen in Thoi Hoa ward and mobs blocked two main roads to Christian group Mennonite in My Phuoc in Ben Cat district in Binh Duong. They intended not to allow followers to gather to the group’s church in My Phuoc.
Many Mennonite followers who were blocked amid their way to the church heard that plain clothes security agents and mob contacted each other by cell phones for their plan to burn the church during night. As many as 39 followers are praying inside the church. Followers, blocked by mobs, cried for help but no policemen appeared.
All Mennonite followers swore that they would die to protect their religious freedom to deal with the brutal harassment of the Vietnamese government. They called on Christians in the country and foreign countries to pray for them. They urged civil societies, human rights bodies and media to voice to protest Hanoi, demanding the communist government to stop its crackdown against religions.
VRNs: Công an chặn đường không cho tín đồ tới nhà nguyện Mennonite
********4/11/2014********
Binh Duong Authorities Suppresses Mennonite Followers
On Nov 2, a group of clerks and followers of Protestant Mennonite gathered at a praying facility in My Phuoc 1 commune in Ben Cat district in Binh Duong to pray despite supression and threat of local authorities. Participants of the ceremony were workers and students from Hmong ethnic group temporarily staying in the locality.
When the ceremony started, hundreds of mobs on high-speed motorbikes attacked the praying facility. They broke the door and beat followers, causing serious injuries for them.
Earlier between Oct 30 and Nov 1, around 150 policemen and plain-clothes agents blocked roads which lead to the praying facility. Local people heard that the police hired gangsters to attack Mennonite followers if they gather.
Security agents also came to renting houses of Hmong students to lock their doors. Many mobs equipped with weapons threatened priest Nguyen Hong Quang.
DTD: CHÍNH QUYỀN KHỦNG BỐ CÁC TÍN ĐỒ TIN LÀNH MENNONITE
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Prominent Blogger Detained on Her Way to Attend Seminar on Human Rights
Prominent activist Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh (aka Me Nam- Mother Mushroom) was detained by security agents on Nov 3 when she was on her way to take a flight to Hanoi where she is invited by embassies of Norway, Canada and Australia to attend a seminar on Vietnam’s Universal Periodic Review on Human rights, slated in Hanoi at 10 am of Tuesday.
Policemen took her to Khanh Hoa province’s Investigation team where they searched her luggage. After finding nothing, they remained silent and waited for time to go by just to make her unfit for the booked flight to the capital city.
After long time, one security officer asked why she wants to go to Hanoi after being summoned by local police to work next day. She refused to work with policemen, saying she did not agree with their intention to make her to miss the flight to Hanoi.
They confiscated her driving license and other items, and demanded her to come to work for returning the items next day.
They held her until 9pm and forced her to go out of the police station as she refused to leave to protest the illegal detention.
This is the second detention of Ms. Quynh. On July 29, she was also held by Khanh Hoa police when she was going to attend a seminar on communication organized by Australia’s Embassy in Hanoi.
********5/11/2014*******
AnhBaSam’s Wife Meets Legislator in Germany’s Parliament
On Oct 31, Mrs. Le Thi Minh Ha, the wife of Mr. Nguyen Huu Vinh (aka AnhBaSam) met legislator Tom Koenigs in Germany’s Parliament in Berlin to provide information regarding the illegal arrest of her husband by the Vietnamese communist government.
Mr. Koenigs is head of the legislators of the Green Party in the German Parliament.
Mrs. Ha said that the arrests of her husband and his assistant Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy went against the International Conventions of Political and Civil Rights on which Vietnam is a signatory party. The arrests also seriously violated freedom of press and freedom of information, the two universal human rights.
Mr. Koenigs pledged to write a letter to Vietnam’s Embassy in Germany to demand release of Mr. Vinh and Ms. Thuy.
Anhbasam: Vợ Anh Ba Sàm gặp Dân biểu Tom Koenigs tại quốc hội CHLB Đức
DTD: Vietnam Security Force Violates Law in Indictment of Famous Blogger: Lawyers
DTD: Bắt Anh Ba Sàm là ‘trái pháp luật’
RFA: Thấy gì trong bản kết luận điều tra anh Ba Sàm
***********6/11/2014*********
Vietnam Imposes Heavy Sentences for Anti-China Protesters
In late October, Vietnam bought to the court over ten of participants in anti-China protests in mid-May. Three activists Le Thi Phuong Anh, Pham Minh Vu and Do Nam Trung, who are members of unsanctioned civil societies will also be tried soon. The trio was arrested when they went to Dong Nai in order to cover the news for anti-China demonstrations which later turned into violent.
Le Van Bi, one of protesters, was sentenced to 14 months in prison for shouting patriotic slogans. He just stayed outside but not participated in destroying foreign-invested companies nor beating Chinese workers.
His wife expressed dissatisfaction on his sentence, saying he just peacefully protested the Chinese illegal deployment of HYSY-981 oil rig in Vietnam’s waters. Many mobs, who destroyed foreign properties and called on others to do the same, ran away and remained unpunished, she added.
RFA: Phiên tòa cảnh báo những ai chống Trung Quốc?
*********7/11/2014**********
French Senior Diplomat Assaulted by Mobs in Vietnam Southern Hub
French Consul-General Emmanuel Ly Batallan in Vietnam’s southern hub Ho Chi Minh City on Nov 5 was assaulted by thugs supported by plain-clothes policemen when he tried to assist a local activist, the Reporter Without Border (RWB) said.
Mr. Batallan was beaten when he came to a private house of Pham Minh Hoang, a Franco-Vietnamese blogger in the city after the blogger asked for help. Five days ago, a group of gangsters accompanied by plain-clothes security agents moved into a house close to Mr. Hoang’s home, in which political dissident Nguyen Bac Truyen also lives. The mobs blocked Mr. Truyen from going out.
Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has advised the French senior diplomat to protest after being informed about the assault.
Vietnam and France elevated their relations to strategic partnership this year, nearly 60 years after Paris withdrew its soldiers from the Southeast Asian nation to end its colonization in Indochina.
Both Mr. Hoang and Mr. Truyen were former political prisoners for their articles criticizing Vietnam’s government.
In 2011, Mr. Hoang, a mathematics professor, was sentenced to three years in prison and three years under house arrest for “attempting to overthrow the government”. He is still in the probation period.
Meanwhile, lawyer Truyen was imprisoned for four years in 2007 for anti-state propaganda.
After completing their imprisonments, Mr. Truyen and Mr. Hoang have been harassed continuously by local authorities. Mr. Truyen has been beaten seriously by mobs and policemen several times.
On the same time, security agents also stationed near private houses of other activists, including Mr. Nguyen Tri Dung and Ms. Duong Thi Tan, a son and the former wife of prominent dissident Nguyen Van Hai (aka Dieu Cay), and Dr. Nguyen Dan Que.
VNRs: An ninh Hồ Chí Minh tấn công TLS Pháp tại Sài Gòn
VNRs: Vietnamese Authorities Step Up Harassment of Dissident Rights Lawyer
*********8/11/2014*********
Germany Amnesty International Urges Vietnam to Release Activist Tran Huynh Duy Thuc
Germany Amnesty International has sent a petition to Vietnamese Minister of Public Security General Tran Dai Quang for unconditional release of prominent activist Tran Huy Duy Thuc.
In its petition letter which was written in German, Germany Amnesty International highlighted:
“Mr. Tran Huynh Duy Thuc was arrested in May 2009 and on Jan 20, 2010, he was sentenced to 16 years in jail and five years under house arrest for accusation of attempting to throw the government under Article 79 of the country’s Criminal Code. He supported reforms in politics, economics and democracy and peacefully exercised his rights of freedom of expression.
At the appeal in May 2010, the sentence was upheld.
In August 2012, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concluded that the arrest and trial of Mr. Thuc were arbitrary and the Amnesty International considers Tran Huy Duy Thuc as prisoner of conscience.
Immediately and unconditionally releases Mr. Thuc.
The right of freedom of expression is enshrined in Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights that Vietnam has signed.
FB Conduongvietnam: Thỉnh nguyện thư của Amnesty International Đức: Hãy trả tự do ngay cho Trần Huỳnh Duy Thức!
**********9/11/2014**********
Vietnam Human Rights Network Announces 2014 Human Rights Prizes
One organization and three individuals have been honored with Human Rights Prizes 2014 of the Vietnam Human Rights Network which received 22 nominations from the country and abroad.
The winners this year are Vietnam Redemptory’s Church, human rights activist Nguyen Bac Truyen, musicians Vo Minh Tri (Viet Khang) and Tran Vu Anh Binh.
Both Mr. Tri and Mr. Binh are imprisoned by the communist government.
“The honored prize of the Vietnam Human Rights Network is a big encouragement for me and my family as well as my friend. It is for me but it also is for all activists in Vietnam,” said Mr. Truyen.
In its announcement for its decision, the Vietnam Human Rights Network said the Vietnam Redemptory’s Church was selected because of its efforts to fight for justice. The church is helping those people victims of injustice, over-deployed and illegally-detained. It is the place to give shelter for those who have no house to live.
RFA: Mạng lưới Nhân Quyền VN công bố giải thưởng Nhân quyền năm 2014