Anchor Le Yen in the first edition of Luong Tam TV released on Aug. 19
by Vu Quoc Ngu, October 17, 2015
Vietnam’s independent Luong Tam (Conscience) TV channel has broadcast its 4th edition on human rights violations in the country despite the ongoing intensified crackdown of the government against its staff.
The 7-minute program was released on October 15, three weeks after the police in Hanoi detained the five-member staff of Luong Tam TV.
Due to the continuous harassments of the Hanoi police against reporter and anchor Le Yen, Anna Huyen Trang, a reporter of Tin mung cho Nguoi ngheo (Good News for The Poor program), replaced her in the program.
In the 4th edition, the staff of Luong Tam TV condemned the ongoing crackdown of the Hanoi city’s authorities against its staff, saying their detentions were illegal since the production and broadcast of Luong Tam TV are legal activities according to the country’s law.
The staff of the independent TV program have vowed to continue their activities to practice the right of freedom of expression which is enshrined in the country’s Constitution 2013.
On September 23, Hanoi police detained five Luong Tam TV staff: journalist Nguyen Vu Binh, anchor Le Yen, cameraman Pham Dac Dat, video technician Nguyen Manh Cuong, and translator Le Thu Ha. Police also confiscated all their personal belongings and Luong Tam TV’s equipments, including a camcorder, a Sony Anpha 58 camera, a lighting kit for studio with four tripods and four lights, three laptops, a tablet, four phones, three USB drives, $100 of cash, furniture and other devices for the studio.
After questioning the five activists for a whole day, the police released them late at night. When dozens of other activists gathered at the police headquarters in Hai Ba Trung district to demand for their unconditional release, the local authorities sent dozens of police officers, militia and thugs to suppress them, beating some activists.
On the next day, Hanoi police summoned Miss Yen to a police station for interrogation and on October 7-8, they continued to request her to meet with investigation officers to work on the issue. Yen was forced to go to the police station on October 9 where she was threatened and demanded not to continue working for Luong Tam TV.
The crackdown started after Luong Tam TV produced three video clips about human rights violations in Vietnam and broadcast them on the Internet, the first of which was released on August 19. Every program lasted about eight minutes.
Representatives of a number of foreign embassies in Hanoi, including the U.S. have expressed concerns about the case, pledging to pay special attention to the government’s harassment against the Luong Tam TV’s staff.
On October 1, 18 unsanctioned civil society organizations and four individuals in Vietnam voiced their support for the joint statement of the Former Vietnamese Prisoners of Conscience and the Brothers for Democracy Association condemning the suppression by the Hanoi police against Luong Tam (Conscience) TV.
The Hanoi police’s harassment of the staff of Luong Tam TV is part of the ongoing political crackdown the communist government has intensified recently to silence local dissent ahead of the 12th National Congress of the ruling communist party slated for early 2016.
The communist government in Hanoi has strived not to allow establishment of private newspapers and other broadcast means as well as the setting up of opposition parties. All printed newspapers, online websites, television channels and radio broadcasts are under the tied monitoring of the communist party’s Commission for Propaganda and Education and the Ministry of Information and Communication.
You can watch the four editions of Luong Tam TV by following the links:
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October 17, 2015
Vietnam Independent Luong Tam TV Channel Releases 4th Edition despite Intensified Crackdown
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights], Le Yen (Hanoi)
Anchor Le Yen in the first edition of Luong Tam TV released on Aug. 19
by Vu Quoc Ngu, October 17, 2015
Vietnam’s independent Luong Tam (Conscience) TV channel has broadcast its 4th edition on human rights violations in the country despite the ongoing intensified crackdown of the government against its staff.
The 7-minute program was released on October 15, three weeks after the police in Hanoi detained the five-member staff of Luong Tam TV.
Due to the continuous harassments of the Hanoi police against reporter and anchor Le Yen, Anna Huyen Trang, a reporter of Tin mung cho Nguoi ngheo (Good News for The Poor program), replaced her in the program.
In the 4th edition, the staff of Luong Tam TV condemned the ongoing crackdown of the Hanoi city’s authorities against its staff, saying their detentions were illegal since the production and broadcast of Luong Tam TV are legal activities according to the country’s law.
The staff of the independent TV program have vowed to continue their activities to practice the right of freedom of expression which is enshrined in the country’s Constitution 2013.
On September 23, Hanoi police detained five Luong Tam TV staff: journalist Nguyen Vu Binh, anchor Le Yen, cameraman Pham Dac Dat, video technician Nguyen Manh Cuong, and translator Le Thu Ha. Police also confiscated all their personal belongings and Luong Tam TV’s equipments, including a camcorder, a Sony Anpha 58 camera, a lighting kit for studio with four tripods and four lights, three laptops, a tablet, four phones, three USB drives, $100 of cash, furniture and other devices for the studio.
After questioning the five activists for a whole day, the police released them late at night. When dozens of other activists gathered at the police headquarters in Hai Ba Trung district to demand for their unconditional release, the local authorities sent dozens of police officers, militia and thugs to suppress them, beating some activists.
On the next day, Hanoi police summoned Miss Yen to a police station for interrogation and on October 7-8, they continued to request her to meet with investigation officers to work on the issue. Yen was forced to go to the police station on October 9 where she was threatened and demanded not to continue working for Luong Tam TV.
The crackdown started after Luong Tam TV produced three video clips about human rights violations in Vietnam and broadcast them on the Internet, the first of which was released on August 19. Every program lasted about eight minutes.
Representatives of a number of foreign embassies in Hanoi, including the U.S. have expressed concerns about the case, pledging to pay special attention to the government’s harassment against the Luong Tam TV’s staff.
On October 1, 18 unsanctioned civil society organizations and four individuals in Vietnam voiced their support for the joint statement of the Former Vietnamese Prisoners of Conscience and the Brothers for Democracy Association condemning the suppression by the Hanoi police against Luong Tam (Conscience) TV.
The Hanoi police’s harassment of the staff of Luong Tam TV is part of the ongoing political crackdown the communist government has intensified recently to silence local dissent ahead of the 12th National Congress of the ruling communist party slated for early 2016.
The communist government in Hanoi has strived not to allow establishment of private newspapers and other broadcast means as well as the setting up of opposition parties. All printed newspapers, online websites, television channels and radio broadcasts are under the tied monitoring of the communist party’s Commission for Propaganda and Education and the Ministry of Information and Communication.
You can watch the four editions of Luong Tam TV by following the links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xfan581vUqY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=442D5NfoKQk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95af489-fCc