Lawyer Le Quoc Quan (C) holds an Anti-China banner as he chants slogans during an anti-China protest along a street in Hanoi in this July 8, 2012 file photo.
Credit: Reuters/Kham
Reuters
Wed Oct 2, 2013
A Vietnam court jailed a prominent human rights activist for two and a half years on Wednesday after finding him guilty on tax evasion charges supporters say were aimed at muzzling critics of the Communist Party.
The U.S. Embassy described the ruling against Le Quoc Quan as “disturbing” and called for all prisoners of conscience held in Vietnam to be freed.
The sentence comes at a critical time for Vietnam, which is locked in negotiations with Washington over a trade pact that could bring substantial benefits to the Southeast Asian country as it struggles to revive a once thriving economy.
Quan, 42, was arrested and detained several times after his return in 2007 from the United States, where he completed a six-month research fellowship about civil society and human rights, funded by Congress. Continue Reading…
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October 2, 2013
U.S. cries foul as Vietnam jails govt critic for ‘tax dodging’
by Nhan Quyen • Le Quoc Quan
Lawyer Le Quoc Quan (C) holds an Anti-China banner as he chants slogans during an anti-China protest along a street in Hanoi in this July 8, 2012 file photo.
Credit: Reuters/Kham
Reuters
Wed Oct 2, 2013
A Vietnam court jailed a prominent human rights activist for two and a half years on Wednesday after finding him guilty on tax evasion charges supporters say were aimed at muzzling critics of the Communist Party.
The U.S. Embassy described the ruling against Le Quoc Quan as “disturbing” and called for all prisoners of conscience held in Vietnam to be freed.
The sentence comes at a critical time for Vietnam, which is locked in negotiations with Washington over a trade pact that could bring substantial benefits to the Southeast Asian country as it struggles to revive a once thriving economy.
Quan, 42, was arrested and detained several times after his return in 2007 from the United States, where he completed a six-month research fellowship about civil society and human rights, funded by Congress. Continue Reading…