By Vu Quoc Ngu | June 02, 2015
Security forces in Vietnam’s northern city of Haiphong on June 2 severely attacked Pham Thanh Nghien, a local activist who strongly protests the red China, amid rising tensions in the East Sea, where Beijing has conducted numerous aggressive moves to solidify its illegal claims of nearly the entire resource-rich sea.
Nghien, who completed her four-year imprisonment for anti-state propaganda in 2011, was brutally beaten by local policemen. Two her sisters and sister-in-law were also assailed by police officers. All four women are still in pains in their heads and bodies.
The assault happened at around 11 AM near Miss Nghien’s private house in the northern port city when a group of three activists came to visit her. The guests, led by Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh or Me Nam, the winner of the Human Rights Defender for 2014 of the Stockholm-based Civil Rights Defenders, were blocked from entering Miss Nghien’s house by around 30 local policemen.
Hearing the incident, Miss Nghien went out to host her guests and policemen stumped on her, beating her on her head and body. Policemen also severely attacked her sisters when they came to protect her.
After knocking down the four women, the policemen blocked her house and expelled the other three visiting activists, forcing them to take a lunch at a restaurant near Nghien’s house and left the area.
Nghien’s friends shared in their facebook accounts that she is still in very bad condition, with pains all her body, especially in her head.
About ten years ago, Miss Nghien wrote a number of articles condemning China’s invasion of Vietnam’s sea and islands in the East Sea and land in the northernmost region. She also assisted Vietnamese fishermen in the central province of Thanh Hoa, who were harassed by China’s authorities when they worked in Vietnamese sea in the East Sea.
Nghien was arrested in 2008 when she conducted anti-China demonstration at her mother’s house. She was sentenced to four years in jail and three years under house arrest for anti-state propaganda under Article 79 of the Criminal Code.
Being released in 2011, Nghien, who was honored with Hellman/Hammett prize in 2009 by the New York-based Human Rights Watch, is still under constant surveillance of local police, who often troubled Nghien’s visitors.
The attack this afternoon was the second of Haiphong police against 37-kilogram Nghien, who is still suffering a number of severe diseases due to the inhumane treatment during the imprisonment.
Meanwhile, China has been rushing in building the so-called “great wall of sand” in Gac Ma (Johnson South Reef) and other reefs Beijing militarily invaded from Vietnam in 1988. China has built 800 hectares of artificial islands in Truong Sa (Spratlys) with a number of military facilities, including a $3 billion airstrip.
The Chinese aggressiveness has met strong protests from the Philippines, the U.S. and Australia. Vietnam’s communist government, which still prioritizes comprehensive strategic partnership with China, has verbally protested, however, no specific acts have been recorded.
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June 2, 2015
Vietnam Security Forces Brutally Beat Anti-China Activist amid Beijing’s Increasing Aggressiveness in East Sea
by Nhan Quyen • Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh (Me Nam), Pham Thanh Nghien
By Vu Quoc Ngu | June 02, 2015
Security forces in Vietnam’s northern city of Haiphong on June 2 severely attacked Pham Thanh Nghien, a local activist who strongly protests the red China, amid rising tensions in the East Sea, where Beijing has conducted numerous aggressive moves to solidify its illegal claims of nearly the entire resource-rich sea.
Nghien, who completed her four-year imprisonment for anti-state propaganda in 2011, was brutally beaten by local policemen. Two her sisters and sister-in-law were also assailed by police officers. All four women are still in pains in their heads and bodies.
The assault happened at around 11 AM near Miss Nghien’s private house in the northern port city when a group of three activists came to visit her. The guests, led by Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh or Me Nam, the winner of the Human Rights Defender for 2014 of the Stockholm-based Civil Rights Defenders, were blocked from entering Miss Nghien’s house by around 30 local policemen.
Hearing the incident, Miss Nghien went out to host her guests and policemen stumped on her, beating her on her head and body. Policemen also severely attacked her sisters when they came to protect her.
After knocking down the four women, the policemen blocked her house and expelled the other three visiting activists, forcing them to take a lunch at a restaurant near Nghien’s house and left the area.
Nghien’s friends shared in their facebook accounts that she is still in very bad condition, with pains all her body, especially in her head.
About ten years ago, Miss Nghien wrote a number of articles condemning China’s invasion of Vietnam’s sea and islands in the East Sea and land in the northernmost region. She also assisted Vietnamese fishermen in the central province of Thanh Hoa, who were harassed by China’s authorities when they worked in Vietnamese sea in the East Sea.
Nghien was arrested in 2008 when she conducted anti-China demonstration at her mother’s house. She was sentenced to four years in jail and three years under house arrest for anti-state propaganda under Article 79 of the Criminal Code.
Being released in 2011, Nghien, who was honored with Hellman/Hammett prize in 2009 by the New York-based Human Rights Watch, is still under constant surveillance of local police, who often troubled Nghien’s visitors.
The attack this afternoon was the second of Haiphong police against 37-kilogram Nghien, who is still suffering a number of severe diseases due to the inhumane treatment during the imprisonment.
Meanwhile, China has been rushing in building the so-called “great wall of sand” in Gac Ma (Johnson South Reef) and other reefs Beijing militarily invaded from Vietnam in 1988. China has built 800 hectares of artificial islands in Truong Sa (Spratlys) with a number of military facilities, including a $3 billion airstrip.
The Chinese aggressiveness has met strong protests from the Philippines, the U.S. and Australia. Vietnam’s communist government, which still prioritizes comprehensive strategic partnership with China, has verbally protested, however, no specific acts have been recorded.