Mr. Lap participates in demonstration against China’s invasion in East Sea
Vietnam’s authorities have allowed Nguyen Quang Lap, a well-known blogger, to go home one week ahead of the Lunar New Year festival or Tet, but continued to investigate the case on which he is charged of conducting anti-state propaganda under Article 88 in the Penal Code.
Feb 12, 2015 | Vu Quoc Ngu (Defend the Defenders)
Vietnam’s authorities have allowed Nguyen Quang Lap, a well-known blogger, to go home one week ahead of the Lunar New Year festival or Tet, but continued to investigate the case on which he is charged of conducting anti-state propaganda under Article 88 in the Penal Code.
The release was taken after Lap, who had been running Que Choa blog, has confessed his wrongdoings and begged for clemency, the state-run newspapers said.
Mr. Lap, who has a number of articles to condemn China’s violations of Vietnam’s sovereignty in the East Sea, was arrested on Dec 6 last year.
He is among a number of bloggers the communist government took into custody last year. In May, Vietnam arrested Nguyen Huu Vinh, co-founder of news website AnhBaSam, and in late November and early December, it detained Lap, Le Hong Tho and Nguyen Ngoc Gia for posting articles promoting multi-party democracy as well as protesting China’s violations of Vietnamese sovereignty in the East Sea.
Mr. Tho is a nationalist writer who runs Nguoi Lot Gach blog.
The arrests of bloggers have caught public indignation and calls for immediate release from domestic and foreign intellectuals and organizations, including the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Along with using controversial laws and articles to silence political dissent, the government has also fabricated allegation of tax evasion and bogus traffic violations to imprison human rights defenders. In addition, police have hired mobs to attack local activists, according to international human rights bodies.
Currently, Vietnam is holding between 150 and 200 activists and bloggers who are exercising their basic rights, according to New York-based Human Rights Watch.
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February 12, 2015
Vietnam Well-known Blogger Allowed to Go Home for Tet, Investigation Continues
by Nhan Quyen • Nguyen Quang Lap (Que Choa)
Mr. Lap participates in demonstration against China’s invasion in East Sea
Vietnam’s authorities have allowed Nguyen Quang Lap, a well-known blogger, to go home one week ahead of the Lunar New Year festival or Tet, but continued to investigate the case on which he is charged of conducting anti-state propaganda under Article 88 in the Penal Code.
The release was taken after Lap, who had been running Que Choa blog, has confessed his wrongdoings and begged for clemency, the state-run newspapers said.
Mr. Lap, who has a number of articles to condemn China’s violations of Vietnam’s sovereignty in the East Sea, was arrested on Dec 6 last year.
He is among a number of bloggers the communist government took into custody last year. In May, Vietnam arrested Nguyen Huu Vinh, co-founder of news website AnhBaSam, and in late November and early December, it detained Lap, Le Hong Tho and Nguyen Ngoc Gia for posting articles promoting multi-party democracy as well as protesting China’s violations of Vietnamese sovereignty in the East Sea.
Mr. Tho is a nationalist writer who runs Nguoi Lot Gach blog.
The arrests of bloggers have caught public indignation and calls for immediate release from domestic and foreign intellectuals and organizations, including the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Along with using controversial laws and articles to silence political dissent, the government has also fabricated allegation of tax evasion and bogus traffic violations to imprison human rights defenders. In addition, police have hired mobs to attack local activists, according to international human rights bodies.
Currently, Vietnam is holding between 150 and 200 activists and bloggers who are exercising their basic rights, according to New York-based Human Rights Watch.