The Amnesty Consultation Council meeting on Aug 22
Among those who will be released before their imprisonments end are 32 foreigners and one prisoner convicted for activities relating to national security, the council announced without giving more details.
by Vu Quoc Ngu, August 22, 2015
Vietnam’s communist government has decided to grant amnesty to 18,331 prisoners on the occasion of the country’s National Day [Sept. 2], said the Amnesty Consultation Council at its meeting in Hanoi on August 22.
Among those who will be released before their imprisonments end are 32 foreigners and one prisoner convicted for activities relating to national security, the council announced without giving more details.
The list of inmates receiving amnesty in this occasion will be submitted to President Truong Tan Sang for approval.
No prisoners of conscience have been listed despite strong domestic and international call for their release.
According to the New York-based Human Rights Watch, Vietnam is holding at least 135 prisoners of conscience who have bravely criticized the government or voiced against human rights violations as well as China’s violations of the country’s sovereignty in the East Sea. Many of them, including entrepreneur Tran Huynh Duy Thuc and blogger Ta Phong Tan, are serving long-term sentences of over ten years.
Hanoi always denies, saying only law violators are being held.
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August 22, 2015
Vietnam Grants Amnesty to 18,331 Inmates, Only One Political Prisoner Included
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
The Amnesty Consultation Council meeting on Aug 22
by Vu Quoc Ngu, August 22, 2015
Vietnam’s communist government has decided to grant amnesty to 18,331 prisoners on the occasion of the country’s National Day [Sept. 2], said the Amnesty Consultation Council at its meeting in Hanoi on August 22.
Among those who will be released before their imprisonments end are 32 foreigners and one prisoner convicted for activities relating to national security, the council announced without giving more details.
The list of inmates receiving amnesty in this occasion will be submitted to President Truong Tan Sang for approval.
No prisoners of conscience have been listed despite strong domestic and international call for their release.
According to the New York-based Human Rights Watch, Vietnam is holding at least 135 prisoners of conscience who have bravely criticized the government or voiced against human rights violations as well as China’s violations of the country’s sovereignty in the East Sea. Many of them, including entrepreneur Tran Huynh Duy Thuc and blogger Ta Phong Tan, are serving long-term sentences of over ten years.
Hanoi always denies, saying only law violators are being held.