Mr. Nhat was welcomed by labor activist Tran Thi Nga upon his release on Aug. 27
This is the second assault within ten days of the police in Lam Ha district against Tran Minh Nhat, who completed his four-year imprisonment on August 27 on charge of subversion under Article 79 of the country’s Penal Code.
By Vu Quoc Ngu, Nov 17, 2015
Security forces in Vietnam’s Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on November 17 brutally attacked a local political dissident and detained him to a police station until late afternoon, the victim said.
This is the second assault within ten days of the police in Lam Ha district against Tran Minh Nhat, who completed his four-year imprisonment on August 27 on charge of subversion under Article 79 of the country’s Penal Code.
On the afternoon of Tuesday, Mr. Nhat, accompanied by his father, went to a private medical clinic in Lam Ha district’s center about four kilometers from his house for a medical checking for injuries he suffered from the police attack on the previous Sunday [November 8].
Plainclothes agents closely followed them and they assaulted 27-year-old Nhat on the return way at around 3 PM. Nhat said a group of between six and eight men in motorbikes without registrations ordered his father to stop their motorbike and started to beat him. The victim said he recognized one of the attacker named Minh.
One guy hang Nhat’s neck while other attacked him severely at a mid day. Later, they forced Nhat and his father to go to a police station in Lam Ha ward because he violated the three-year house arrest rules.
In the police station, Nhat asked the explanation from the police, however, they did not respond. Nhat contacted senior police officers from the Lam Dong province’s Police Department but received no answers.
Last month, Lam Dong police agreed to allow Nhat to travel within the province for healthcare treatment, Nhat said.
In late afternoon, they left Nhat and his father went out of the police station.
Nhat said he feels pains in many parts of his body, especially his neck. Even he finds difficult when he drink water.
He said the medical examination on early afternoon showed that he has severe injury in his chest due to the attacks also committed by police in Lam Ha district ten days ago.
On November 8, Nhat and his friend Chu Manh Son, a former prisoner of conscience, traveled from Ho Chi Minh City to Lam Ha. When the bus arrived in the district, policemen stopped the vehicle and beat Nhat and detained the duo to a police station for interrogation until late evening of the same day.
Mr. Nhat said the same policeman named Minh blocked him while another policeman named Long barbarically beat him in the bus under witness of other passengers.
Police robbed a cell phone and a camera memory card from Mr. Son and four books from Mr. Nhat as well as some T-shirts with logos which call for human rights and multi-party democracy.
Dinh Huy Thai, head of the Lam Ha district police, threatened the duo that the police will not ensure security for them when they go out of the police station. In fact, police sent thugs to chase the two activists but the two former political prisoners successfully avoided being attacked.
Since being freed in late August, Nhat has been constantly harassed by local authorities who often summon him to local police station for interrogation.
On August 28, one day after he returned home from a prison, a number of activists came to visit him. On their way back, the visitors were brutally attacked by local police. The victims included land rights activist Ms. Tran Thi Nga, a member of the unsanctioned Vietnam Women for Human Rights, Mr. Truong Minh Tam, a member of the unregistered Vietnam Pathway, Mr. Le Dinh Luong, younger uncle of human rights lawyer Le Quoc Quan, and a young couple who want to remain unnamed. Mr. Son was also among the activists severely assaulted by the police. Son, Tam and Luong were severely beaten, with many injuries and bleeding on their faces and heads.
Vietnam’s police have intensified crackdown against local political dissidents and human rights activists nationwide few months ahead of the ruling communist party’s National Congress slated in early 2016.
Police arrested former political prisoner Tran Anh Kim from Thai Binh and Nguyen Viet Dung, the leader and founder of the unsanctioned Republican Party of Vietnam and charged them under controversial Articles 79 and 245 of the country’s Penal Code, respectively. They remain in pre-trial detention.
Police in the central province of Nghe An continue to torture former political prisoner Tran Duc Thach in Dien Chau district. After using plainclothes agents to attack him on mid day of October 15, local policemen keep throwing stones and bricks to his house
Mr. Thach, 63-year old writer and poet, said the lives of his family’s members are at risk as government-backed thugs and plainclothes security agents have carried out a number of attacks his house with big bricks and stones since October 22, breaking doors, windows and the roof.
The assaults are being made during mid days and nights, said Mr. Thach, who was jailed for his articles criticizing the communist socio-economic policies.
He informed local authorities for the assaults, however, they refused to intervene, saying he must catch the attackers in red hand first.
According to the New York-based Human Rights Watch, Vietnam is holding between 150 and 200 prisoners of conscience. Hanoi denies this by saying only law violators are being imprisoned.
In addition, security forces have also deployed plainclothes agents or hired thugs to attack pro-democracy activists and human rights defenders in many localities, including the capital city of Hanoi. Among victims of government-backed assaults are human rights lawyers Tran Thu Nam and Le Van Luan, bloggers Doan Trang, Nguyen Tuong Thuy, Truong Van Dung, Nguyen Chi Tuyen, Trinh Anh Tuan and Truong Minh Huong.
The Communist Party of Vietnam has ruled the country for decades and it vows to make all efforts to keep the country under a one-party regime. The communist leaders have requested the police forces not to allow the formation of opposition party nor tolerate any government criticism.
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November 17, 2015
Police in Vietnam’s Central Highlands Barbarically Beat Local Dissident, Second Time within Ten Days
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights], Tran Minh Nhat
Mr. Nhat was welcomed by labor activist Tran Thi Nga upon his release on Aug. 27
By Vu Quoc Ngu, Nov 17, 2015
Security forces in Vietnam’s Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on November 17 brutally attacked a local political dissident and detained him to a police station until late afternoon, the victim said.
This is the second assault within ten days of the police in Lam Ha district against Tran Minh Nhat, who completed his four-year imprisonment on August 27 on charge of subversion under Article 79 of the country’s Penal Code.
On the afternoon of Tuesday, Mr. Nhat, accompanied by his father, went to a private medical clinic in Lam Ha district’s center about four kilometers from his house for a medical checking for injuries he suffered from the police attack on the previous Sunday [November 8].
Plainclothes agents closely followed them and they assaulted 27-year-old Nhat on the return way at around 3 PM. Nhat said a group of between six and eight men in motorbikes without registrations ordered his father to stop their motorbike and started to beat him. The victim said he recognized one of the attacker named Minh.
One guy hang Nhat’s neck while other attacked him severely at a mid day. Later, they forced Nhat and his father to go to a police station in Lam Ha ward because he violated the three-year house arrest rules.
In the police station, Nhat asked the explanation from the police, however, they did not respond. Nhat contacted senior police officers from the Lam Dong province’s Police Department but received no answers.
Last month, Lam Dong police agreed to allow Nhat to travel within the province for healthcare treatment, Nhat said.
In late afternoon, they left Nhat and his father went out of the police station.
Nhat said he feels pains in many parts of his body, especially his neck. Even he finds difficult when he drink water.
He said the medical examination on early afternoon showed that he has severe injury in his chest due to the attacks also committed by police in Lam Ha district ten days ago.
On November 8, Nhat and his friend Chu Manh Son, a former prisoner of conscience, traveled from Ho Chi Minh City to Lam Ha. When the bus arrived in the district, policemen stopped the vehicle and beat Nhat and detained the duo to a police station for interrogation until late evening of the same day.
Mr. Nhat said the same policeman named Minh blocked him while another policeman named Long barbarically beat him in the bus under witness of other passengers.
Police robbed a cell phone and a camera memory card from Mr. Son and four books from Mr. Nhat as well as some T-shirts with logos which call for human rights and multi-party democracy.
Dinh Huy Thai, head of the Lam Ha district police, threatened the duo that the police will not ensure security for them when they go out of the police station. In fact, police sent thugs to chase the two activists but the two former political prisoners successfully avoided being attacked.
Since being freed in late August, Nhat has been constantly harassed by local authorities who often summon him to local police station for interrogation.
On August 28, one day after he returned home from a prison, a number of activists came to visit him. On their way back, the visitors were brutally attacked by local police. The victims included land rights activist Ms. Tran Thi Nga, a member of the unsanctioned Vietnam Women for Human Rights, Mr. Truong Minh Tam, a member of the unregistered Vietnam Pathway, Mr. Le Dinh Luong, younger uncle of human rights lawyer Le Quoc Quan, and a young couple who want to remain unnamed. Mr. Son was also among the activists severely assaulted by the police. Son, Tam and Luong were severely beaten, with many injuries and bleeding on their faces and heads.
Vietnam’s police have intensified crackdown against local political dissidents and human rights activists nationwide few months ahead of the ruling communist party’s National Congress slated in early 2016.
Police arrested former political prisoner Tran Anh Kim from Thai Binh and Nguyen Viet Dung, the leader and founder of the unsanctioned Republican Party of Vietnam and charged them under controversial Articles 79 and 245 of the country’s Penal Code, respectively. They remain in pre-trial detention.
Police in the central province of Nghe An continue to torture former political prisoner Tran Duc Thach in Dien Chau district. After using plainclothes agents to attack him on mid day of October 15, local policemen keep throwing stones and bricks to his house
Mr. Thach, 63-year old writer and poet, said the lives of his family’s members are at risk as government-backed thugs and plainclothes security agents have carried out a number of attacks his house with big bricks and stones since October 22, breaking doors, windows and the roof.
The assaults are being made during mid days and nights, said Mr. Thach, who was jailed for his articles criticizing the communist socio-economic policies.
He informed local authorities for the assaults, however, they refused to intervene, saying he must catch the attackers in red hand first.
According to the New York-based Human Rights Watch, Vietnam is holding between 150 and 200 prisoners of conscience. Hanoi denies this by saying only law violators are being imprisoned.
In addition, security forces have also deployed plainclothes agents or hired thugs to attack pro-democracy activists and human rights defenders in many localities, including the capital city of Hanoi. Among victims of government-backed assaults are human rights lawyers Tran Thu Nam and Le Van Luan, bloggers Doan Trang, Nguyen Tuong Thuy, Truong Van Dung, Nguyen Chi Tuyen, Trinh Anh Tuan and Truong Minh Huong.
The Communist Party of Vietnam has ruled the country for decades and it vows to make all efforts to keep the country under a one-party regime. The communist leaders have requested the police forces not to allow the formation of opposition party nor tolerate any government criticism.