Blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh and his blog AnhBaSam
So far, over 200 political dissidents and human rights activists have signed the petition, the initiators said, adding the number of petitioners is rising.
By Vu Quoc Ngu, October 21, 2015
Vietnamese political activists and human rights defenders have jointly signed a petition calling for the unconditional and immediate release of blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh, who is co-founder of the independent news website AnhBaSam, and his partner Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy.
In their petition sent to Vietnamese leaders and the communist government as well as foreign diplomatic corporations and international human rights bodies, activists led by well-known economist Nguyen Quang A and journalist Vo Van Tao urged Vietnam to drop its charges against the duo which was arrested on May 5 last year on allegation of “Abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the State, the legitimate rights and interests of organizations and/or citizens” under Article 258 of the country’s Penal Code.
So far, over 200 political dissidents and human rights activists have signed the petition, the initiators said, adding the number of petitioners is rising.
After 17 months of detention, Vietnam has neither brought the duo to the court nor freed them although the country’s Penal Code Procedure limits pre-trial detention of three months.
Many international human rights bodies have reiterated that both Mr. Vinh and Ms. Thuy are innocent, and the Vietnamese communist government has no reason to continue holding him.
Mr. Vinh, a former security officer and son of a senior communist official, and his friends founded independent news website AnhBaSam in September 2007, on which they have been posting thousands of articles to criticize Vietnam’s systemic corruption, poor government’s socio-economic management and weak response to China’s violations of the country’s sovereignty in the East Sea.
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October 21, 2015
Vietnam Activists Call for Immediate Release of Blogger AnhBaSam
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights], Nguyen Huu Vinh (Anh Ba Sam), Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy
Blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh and his blog AnhBaSam
By Vu Quoc Ngu, October 21, 2015
Vietnamese political activists and human rights defenders have jointly signed a petition calling for the unconditional and immediate release of blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh, who is co-founder of the independent news website AnhBaSam, and his partner Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy.
In their petition sent to Vietnamese leaders and the communist government as well as foreign diplomatic corporations and international human rights bodies, activists led by well-known economist Nguyen Quang A and journalist Vo Van Tao urged Vietnam to drop its charges against the duo which was arrested on May 5 last year on allegation of “Abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the State, the legitimate rights and interests of organizations and/or citizens” under Article 258 of the country’s Penal Code.
So far, over 200 political dissidents and human rights activists have signed the petition, the initiators said, adding the number of petitioners is rising.
After 17 months of detention, Vietnam has neither brought the duo to the court nor freed them although the country’s Penal Code Procedure limits pre-trial detention of three months.
Many international human rights bodies have reiterated that both Mr. Vinh and Ms. Thuy are innocent, and the Vietnamese communist government has no reason to continue holding him.
Mr. Vinh, a former security officer and son of a senior communist official, and his friends founded independent news website AnhBaSam in September 2007, on which they have been posting thousands of articles to criticize Vietnam’s systemic corruption, poor government’s socio-economic management and weak response to China’s violations of the country’s sovereignty in the East Sea.