Mr. Le Dinh Luong
By Defend the Defenders, July 25, 2017
On July 24, security forces in Vietnam’s central province of Nghe An detained local activist Le Dinh Luong, saying the detention is based on his recent activities which “aim to overthrow the people’s government and cause social disorders.”
In its press release issued after detaining Mr. Luong, the Investigation Agency under the Nghe An province’s Department of Public Security said it will hold him and prosecute him for “Carrying out activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s administration” under Article 79 of the 1999 Penal Code.
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Huan, an activist witnessed the detention said he, Mr. Luong and Mr. Thai Van Hoa visited the family of detained activist Nguyen Van Oai in Hoang Mai town. On their way back to their house, plainclothes agents detained Luong and Hoa at around 2 PM.
Mr. Hoa, a brother of former prisoner of conscience Thai Van Dung said plainclothes agents beat Luong brutally, took him into a car and drove away. Hoa was also taken to a police station and released in early evening of the same day.
Mr. Luong, 52, is a social activist residing in Hop Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district. The army veteran of the war against China’s invasion in the country’s northernmost region in 1980s has been under harassment of the local authorities for long time.
On August 28, 2015, he and other activists were brutally beaten by police when they visited former prisoners of conscience Tran Minh Nhan in Lam Ha district, Lam Dong province.
Mr. Luong is likely to be held incommunicado for at least four months for investigation and he will face imprisonment of between twelve and twenty years of imprisonment, life imprisonment or capital punishment, according to the current Vietnamese law.
The arrest of Luong is part of Vietnam’s intensified crackdown against local political dissidents, human rights advocates, social activists and online bloggers.
In late June, Vietnam sentenced prominent human rights defender Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh to ten years in jail and today, it will try Tran Thi Nga, another human rights advocate. Both are charged with “conducting anti-state propaganda” under Article of Penal Code.
More than 100 Vietnamese activities are imprisoned in the country, according to international human rights organizations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.
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July 25, 2017
One More Vietnamese Activist Detained, Will Be Charged with Attempt to Overthrow Government
by Nhan Quyen • Le Dinh Luong
Mr. Le Dinh Luong
By Defend the Defenders, July 25, 2017
On July 24, security forces in Vietnam’s central province of Nghe An detained local activist Le Dinh Luong, saying the detention is based on his recent activities which “aim to overthrow the people’s government and cause social disorders.”
In its press release issued after detaining Mr. Luong, the Investigation Agency under the Nghe An province’s Department of Public Security said it will hold him and prosecute him for “Carrying out activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s administration” under Article 79 of the 1999 Penal Code.
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Huan, an activist witnessed the detention said he, Mr. Luong and Mr. Thai Van Hoa visited the family of detained activist Nguyen Van Oai in Hoang Mai town. On their way back to their house, plainclothes agents detained Luong and Hoa at around 2 PM.
Mr. Hoa, a brother of former prisoner of conscience Thai Van Dung said plainclothes agents beat Luong brutally, took him into a car and drove away. Hoa was also taken to a police station and released in early evening of the same day.
Mr. Luong, 52, is a social activist residing in Hop Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district. The army veteran of the war against China’s invasion in the country’s northernmost region in 1980s has been under harassment of the local authorities for long time.
On August 28, 2015, he and other activists were brutally beaten by police when they visited former prisoners of conscience Tran Minh Nhan in Lam Ha district, Lam Dong province.
Mr. Luong is likely to be held incommunicado for at least four months for investigation and he will face imprisonment of between twelve and twenty years of imprisonment, life imprisonment or capital punishment, according to the current Vietnamese law.
The arrest of Luong is part of Vietnam’s intensified crackdown against local political dissidents, human rights advocates, social activists and online bloggers.
In late June, Vietnam sentenced prominent human rights defender Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh to ten years in jail and today, it will try Tran Thi Nga, another human rights advocate. Both are charged with “conducting anti-state propaganda” under Article of Penal Code.
More than 100 Vietnamese activities are imprisoned in the country, according to international human rights organizations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.