Frontline Defenders | 2014/8/28
On 26 August 2014, human rights defender and blogger Ms Bui Thi Minh Hang was sentenced to three years imprisonment by the People’s Court of Dong Thap province.
File – Bui Thi Minh Hang (R), during an anti-China protest in downtown Hanoi on July 24, 2011.
Along with her, the court sentenced her fellow blogger Nguyen Thi Thuy Quynh to two-year imprisonment, and Nguyen Van Minh, a member of the Hao Hao Buddhist sect, received a two-and-a-half-year jail term.
Ms Bui Thi Minh Hang was one of 21 people beaten and detained when they attempted to visit the partner of a detained human rights lawyer who defends victims of forced evictions. The visit was meant to provide support and solidarity to the lawyer’s family after his detention during a police raid on their house on 9 February 2014. 19 of those arrested were released the next day, but Bui Thi Minh Hang, Nguyen Thi Thuy Quynh and Nguyen Van Minh remained in detention and were charged under article 245 of Vietnamese Penal Code for “causing public disorder”.
A six-week hunger strike in February-March 2014, in protest against her detention, caused serious concerns for Bui Thi Minh Hang’s health. She was also severely beaten at the time of the arrest. It is reported that she had pre-existing health problems, including kidney stones, that may have been aggravated by the hunger strike.
Front Line Defenders expresses concern regarding the sentencing of Bui Thi Minh Hang and Nguyen Thi Thuy Quynh. Front Line Defenders is particularly concerned about Bui Thi Minh’s health conditions. We urge the Government of Vietnam to quash the sentence as it appears to be solely motivated by their legitimate human rights activities.
Front Line Defenders has issued an urgent appeal on this case on 11 April 2014.
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August 29, 2014
Vietnam – Update: Human rights defender Ms Bui Thi Minh Hang sentenced to three years imprisonment
by Nhan Quyen • Bui Thi Minh Hang, Nguyen Thi Thuy Quynh, Nguyen Van Minh
Frontline Defenders | 2014/8/28
File – Bui Thi Minh Hang (R), during an anti-China protest in downtown Hanoi on July 24, 2011.
Along with her, the court sentenced her fellow blogger Nguyen Thi Thuy Quynh to two-year imprisonment, and Nguyen Van Minh, a member of the Hao Hao Buddhist sect, received a two-and-a-half-year jail term.
Ms Bui Thi Minh Hang was one of 21 people beaten and detained when they attempted to visit the partner of a detained human rights lawyer who defends victims of forced evictions. The visit was meant to provide support and solidarity to the lawyer’s family after his detention during a police raid on their house on 9 February 2014. 19 of those arrested were released the next day, but Bui Thi Minh Hang, Nguyen Thi Thuy Quynh and Nguyen Van Minh remained in detention and were charged under article 245 of Vietnamese Penal Code for “causing public disorder”.
A six-week hunger strike in February-March 2014, in protest against her detention, caused serious concerns for Bui Thi Minh Hang’s health. She was also severely beaten at the time of the arrest. It is reported that she had pre-existing health problems, including kidney stones, that may have been aggravated by the hunger strike.
Front Line Defenders expresses concern regarding the sentencing of Bui Thi Minh Hang and Nguyen Thi Thuy Quynh. Front Line Defenders is particularly concerned about Bui Thi Minh’s health conditions. We urge the Government of Vietnam to quash the sentence as it appears to be solely motivated by their legitimate human rights activities.
Front Line Defenders has issued an urgent appeal on this case on 11 April 2014.