Lawyer Quan welcomed by activists at Noi Bai International Airport on late June 27
Speaking with friends and foreign-based news agencies, the human rights lawyer said his case was poorly political and the imprisonment given to him was “a miscarriage of justice”. He has never accepted the chages against him.
His mental is very strong and he will resume his activities which aim to fight for the country’s sovereignty and promote civil rights, political pluralism and religious freedom, he said.
by Vu Quoc Ngu, June 28, 2015
U.S.-trained lawyer Le Quoc Quan, one of the most famous political dissidents in Vietnam, on June 27 completed his two-and-half imprisonment on the fabricated tax evasion charge.
Mr. Quan, who got the Reagan-Fascell Democracy scholarship funded by the U.S.-based National Endowment for Democracy in 2007, was released from a prison in the central province of Quang Nam on Saturday, and welcomed by his family and a number of local activists in the front of the prison’gate.
The pro-democracy lawyer and his wife were cheered by dozens of activists in the Hanoi-based Noi Bai International Airport at midnight after taking a late flight from the central city of Danang.
After 30 months spending in jail, Mr. Quan’s health was severely deteriorated due to the hard living conditions in the prison. He was very slim, partly due to five hunger strikes in prison with the most recent 14-day fasting on June 10-23 to protest China’s violations of Vietnam’s sovereignty in the East Sea and inhumane treatment of prison’s authorities against prisoners, especially prisoners of conscience as well as demand for unconditional release of all political prisoners.
Speaking with friends and foreign-based news agencies, the human rights lawyer said his case was poorly political and the imprisonment given to him was “a miscarriage of justice”. He has never accepted the chages against him.
His mental is very strong and he will resume his activities which aim to fight for the country’s sovereignty and promote civil rights, political pluralism and religious freedom, he said.
Mr. Quan, who is an owner of a Hanoi-headquartered consultant company, was arrested in late 2012 with accusation of tax evasion. His younger brother and one female assistant were also held. Local and foreign observers said he was targeted due to numerous articles criticizing Vietnam’s government on human rights and religious freedom violations, bad economic management and weak response to China’s aggressiveness in the East Sea.
Nine months later, on Oct 2, 2013, Quan was sentenced to 30 months in prison for tax evasion and given a $59,000 fine by an unfair trial which was closed for foreign diplomats and his relatives.
The Hanoi-based Court of Appeal on Feb 18, 2014 upheld Quan’s conviction despite the call of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention for his immediate release. The UN’s body said that Mr. Quan had been targeted for his work as an activist and as a blogger.
The Vietnamese communist government has been criticized internationally for imprisoning Quan, who was held two times before, one with three months in 2007 after returning from study in the U.S., and the second time with nine days in 2011, together with democracy advocate Dr. Pham Hong Son when they tried to attend the political trial of Cu Huy Ha Vu, another political dissident in the communist nation.
Along with harassing and intimidating human rights activists and political dissidents, the Vietnamese communist government has often used fabricated offenses to criminalize them and put them behind bars.
According to international human rights bodies, Vietnam is holding between 150 and 200 prisoners of conscience. However, Hanoi always denies, saying it keeps only law violators./.
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June 28, 2015
Vietnam Prominent Dissident Completes 30-month Imprisonment on Fabricated Tax Evasion Charge
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights], Le Quoc Quan
Lawyer Quan welcomed by activists at Noi Bai International Airport on late June 27
Speaking with friends and foreign-based news agencies, the human rights lawyer said his case was poorly political and the imprisonment given to him was “a miscarriage of justice”. He has never accepted the chages against him.
His mental is very strong and he will resume his activities which aim to fight for the country’s sovereignty and promote civil rights, political pluralism and religious freedom, he said.
by Vu Quoc Ngu, June 28, 2015
U.S.-trained lawyer Le Quoc Quan, one of the most famous political dissidents in Vietnam, on June 27 completed his two-and-half imprisonment on the fabricated tax evasion charge.
Mr. Quan, who got the Reagan-Fascell Democracy scholarship funded by the U.S.-based National Endowment for Democracy in 2007, was released from a prison in the central province of Quang Nam on Saturday, and welcomed by his family and a number of local activists in the front of the prison’gate.
The pro-democracy lawyer and his wife were cheered by dozens of activists in the Hanoi-based Noi Bai International Airport at midnight after taking a late flight from the central city of Danang.
After 30 months spending in jail, Mr. Quan’s health was severely deteriorated due to the hard living conditions in the prison. He was very slim, partly due to five hunger strikes in prison with the most recent 14-day fasting on June 10-23 to protest China’s violations of Vietnam’s sovereignty in the East Sea and inhumane treatment of prison’s authorities against prisoners, especially prisoners of conscience as well as demand for unconditional release of all political prisoners.
Speaking with friends and foreign-based news agencies, the human rights lawyer said his case was poorly political and the imprisonment given to him was “a miscarriage of justice”. He has never accepted the chages against him.
His mental is very strong and he will resume his activities which aim to fight for the country’s sovereignty and promote civil rights, political pluralism and religious freedom, he said.
Mr. Quan, who is an owner of a Hanoi-headquartered consultant company, was arrested in late 2012 with accusation of tax evasion. His younger brother and one female assistant were also held. Local and foreign observers said he was targeted due to numerous articles criticizing Vietnam’s government on human rights and religious freedom violations, bad economic management and weak response to China’s aggressiveness in the East Sea.
Nine months later, on Oct 2, 2013, Quan was sentenced to 30 months in prison for tax evasion and given a $59,000 fine by an unfair trial which was closed for foreign diplomats and his relatives.
The Hanoi-based Court of Appeal on Feb 18, 2014 upheld Quan’s conviction despite the call of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention for his immediate release. The UN’s body said that Mr. Quan had been targeted for his work as an activist and as a blogger.
The Vietnamese communist government has been criticized internationally for imprisoning Quan, who was held two times before, one with three months in 2007 after returning from study in the U.S., and the second time with nine days in 2011, together with democracy advocate Dr. Pham Hong Son when they tried to attend the political trial of Cu Huy Ha Vu, another political dissident in the communist nation.
Along with harassing and intimidating human rights activists and political dissidents, the Vietnamese communist government has often used fabricated offenses to criminalize them and put them behind bars.
According to international human rights bodies, Vietnam is holding between 150 and 200 prisoners of conscience. However, Hanoi always denies, saying it keeps only law violators./.