By Defend the Defenders, June 11, 2017
Vietnam’s authorities have handed over the decision of revoking the citizenship of former political prisoner Pham Minh Hoang to him, the victim said.
The decision was signed by President Tran Dai Quang on May 17, three weeks before being handed over to Mr. Hoang, who also has French citizenship as he studied his master decree on engineering in the European country.
One week earlier, Mr. Hoang learned the Vietnam’s move from the French General Consul in Ho Chi Minh City.
Hoang said he would stay in Vietnam with his family so he submitted a letter to the French General Consul to reject his French citizenship.
The decision to strip Hoang of his Vietnamese nationality aims to expel the outspoken university lecturer to France. It would divide his family with old mother and disable brother.
Hoang was sent to France to study mathematics in 1973. When he returned, the communist soldiers took over the South Vietnam and unified the country. He hardly found his job until 2000 he started as a mathematics lecturer in the Saigon Polytechnics University.
In 2010, he was arrested for online writings and charged with “conducting anti-state propaganda” under Article 88 of the Penal Code. Hoang, member of the U.S.-based pro-democracy Viet Tan Party, was sentenced to 17 months in prison and additional three years under house arrest.
After being released, Hoang met difficulties in teaching. Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have tried to cause problems for his French classes.
In 2016, police violently dispersed his class in democracy and human rights, confiscating many laptops of his students. He is under close surveillance of HCM City’s security forces.
Professor Hoang said he would stay in Vietnam, even in prison rather than living in other countries.
In response to Hoang’s case, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) issued a statement saying it is extremely concerned about the Vietnamese government’s declared intention to expel him. RSF condemns this persecution of Hoang and urges the French authorities to give him their support.
The Paris-based RSF says it is appalled by this latest Vietnamese Communist Party attempt to intimidate and silence dissidents. Hoang’s announced expulsion is unjustified and out of all proportion, it said, adding the authorities must reverse this decision, which is typical of the blatant way they harass all those who raise controversial issues.
Vietnam has one of the worst scores of any country in RSF’s 2017 World Press Freedom Index, in which it is ranked 175th out of 180.
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June 11, 2017
Vietnam Announces Decision to Revoke Citizenship of Political Dissident Pham Minh Hoang
by Nhan Quyen • Pham Minh Hoang
By Defend the Defenders, June 11, 2017
Vietnam’s authorities have handed over the decision of revoking the citizenship of former political prisoner Pham Minh Hoang to him, the victim said.
The decision was signed by President Tran Dai Quang on May 17, three weeks before being handed over to Mr. Hoang, who also has French citizenship as he studied his master decree on engineering in the European country.
One week earlier, Mr. Hoang learned the Vietnam’s move from the French General Consul in Ho Chi Minh City.
Hoang said he would stay in Vietnam with his family so he submitted a letter to the French General Consul to reject his French citizenship.
The decision to strip Hoang of his Vietnamese nationality aims to expel the outspoken university lecturer to France. It would divide his family with old mother and disable brother.
Hoang was sent to France to study mathematics in 1973. When he returned, the communist soldiers took over the South Vietnam and unified the country. He hardly found his job until 2000 he started as a mathematics lecturer in the Saigon Polytechnics University.
In 2010, he was arrested for online writings and charged with “conducting anti-state propaganda” under Article 88 of the Penal Code. Hoang, member of the U.S.-based pro-democracy Viet Tan Party, was sentenced to 17 months in prison and additional three years under house arrest.
After being released, Hoang met difficulties in teaching. Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have tried to cause problems for his French classes.
In 2016, police violently dispersed his class in democracy and human rights, confiscating many laptops of his students. He is under close surveillance of HCM City’s security forces.
Professor Hoang said he would stay in Vietnam, even in prison rather than living in other countries.
In response to Hoang’s case, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) issued a statement saying it is extremely concerned about the Vietnamese government’s declared intention to expel him. RSF condemns this persecution of Hoang and urges the French authorities to give him their support.
The Paris-based RSF says it is appalled by this latest Vietnamese Communist Party attempt to intimidate and silence dissidents. Hoang’s announced expulsion is unjustified and out of all proportion, it said, adding the authorities must reverse this decision, which is typical of the blatant way they harass all those who raise controversial issues.
Vietnam has one of the worst scores of any country in RSF’s 2017 World Press Freedom Index, in which it is ranked 175th out of 180.