Plainclothes security agents violently detain female environmentalists in a peaceful demonstration in Hanoi in April, 2015
Vietnamese Minister of Public Security General Tran Dai Quang said since mid 2012, around 350 local dissidents, social activists and human rights have formed over 60 unsanctioned civil society organizations (CSOs) which can be labeled as reactionary groups.
By Vu Quoc Ngu, Nov 19, 2015
Vietnamese Minister of Public Security General Tran Dai Quang said since mid 2012, around 350 local dissidents, social activists and human rights have formed over 60 unsanctioned civil society organizations (CSOs) which can be labeled as “reactionary groups”.
Speaking before the country’s parliament in its ongoing session in Hanoi on Nov. 16, General Quang, who is a member of the powerful 16-person Politburo of the ruling communist party, said members of the unregistered CSOs are from 50 cities and provinces.
Quang, who is expected to be promoted to a higher position next year when the ruling party conducts its National Congress, also said since June 2012, Vietnam’s security forces have tackled 1,410 national security cases involving 2,680 individuals.
The security forces have successfully coped with all activities of hostile forces to ensure political stability, Quang said in the government’s report on public order for the 2012-2015 period.
There have been a number of anti-government demonstrations in the past four years, the police chief said.
He also reported that the police forces have detained nearly 290,000 individuals in 150,000 criminal cases since mid 2012. The figures include 45,000 people in 46,170 economic fraud cases, and 1,930 corrupted officials in 1,145 cases.
In the past three years, police have confiscated nearly three tons of heroin, one ton of synthetic drugs and nearly 1.7 million synthetic drug tablets in 43,000 cases, the minister said.
Crimes have become more and more severe with a number of serious cases in which many victims were murdered in barbarically ways, Quang said.
General Quang, who may become the prime minister for the next term, said the Ministry of Public Security will put all effort to bar dissidents and social activists from forming opposition parties and apply tough measures to deal with government critics.
Under one-party rule, Vietnam’s police have been considered the key forces for maintaining the communist party’s political monopoly.
The country’s Constitution states that people enjoys the right to freedom of association and assembly, however, the government requires all civil society organizations and religious groups to register, and considers unregistered bodies illegal.
The communist government has used controversial Penal Code articles, such as Article 79, 88, 245 and 258, to silence local political dissidents. In addition, it has issued decrees to criminalize peaceful demonstrations and workers’ strikes.
Along with arresting and imprisoning government critics and human rights defenders, Vietnam’s police have also deployed plainclothes agents and hired thugs to attack social activists, and harass them repeatedly.
According to the New York-based Human Rights Watch, Vietnam is holding between 150 and 200 prisoners of conscience while Hanoi always said it imprisons only law violators.
Numerous political dissidents, human rights and social activists, including environmentalists, have been brutally beaten in the past few years, especially in recent months, few months ahead of the communist party’s National Congress.
Next week, Vietnam’s parliament is scheduled to approve Law on Association which contains a number of requirements to limit the rights of associations enshrined in the country’s Constitution 2013, according to human rights groups.
The parliament and other state agencies have ignored petitions of unsanctioned CSOs on the country’s socio-economic development, especially in dealing with systemic corruption, poor economic management and China’s violations of the country’s sovereignty in the East Sea as well as enhancing human rights protection.
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November 19, 2015
Vietnam Police Chief Labels Independent CSOs as “Reactionery Groups”
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
Plainclothes security agents violently detain female environmentalists in a peaceful demonstration in Hanoi in April, 2015
By Vu Quoc Ngu, Nov 19, 2015
Vietnamese Minister of Public Security General Tran Dai Quang said since mid 2012, around 350 local dissidents, social activists and human rights have formed over 60 unsanctioned civil society organizations (CSOs) which can be labeled as “reactionary groups”.
Speaking before the country’s parliament in its ongoing session in Hanoi on Nov. 16, General Quang, who is a member of the powerful 16-person Politburo of the ruling communist party, said members of the unregistered CSOs are from 50 cities and provinces.
Quang, who is expected to be promoted to a higher position next year when the ruling party conducts its National Congress, also said since June 2012, Vietnam’s security forces have tackled 1,410 national security cases involving 2,680 individuals.
The security forces have successfully coped with all activities of hostile forces to ensure political stability, Quang said in the government’s report on public order for the 2012-2015 period.
There have been a number of anti-government demonstrations in the past four years, the police chief said.
He also reported that the police forces have detained nearly 290,000 individuals in 150,000 criminal cases since mid 2012. The figures include 45,000 people in 46,170 economic fraud cases, and 1,930 corrupted officials in 1,145 cases.
In the past three years, police have confiscated nearly three tons of heroin, one ton of synthetic drugs and nearly 1.7 million synthetic drug tablets in 43,000 cases, the minister said.
Crimes have become more and more severe with a number of serious cases in which many victims were murdered in barbarically ways, Quang said.
General Quang, who may become the prime minister for the next term, said the Ministry of Public Security will put all effort to bar dissidents and social activists from forming opposition parties and apply tough measures to deal with government critics.
Under one-party rule, Vietnam’s police have been considered the key forces for maintaining the communist party’s political monopoly.
The country’s Constitution states that people enjoys the right to freedom of association and assembly, however, the government requires all civil society organizations and religious groups to register, and considers unregistered bodies illegal.
The communist government has used controversial Penal Code articles, such as Article 79, 88, 245 and 258, to silence local political dissidents. In addition, it has issued decrees to criminalize peaceful demonstrations and workers’ strikes.
Along with arresting and imprisoning government critics and human rights defenders, Vietnam’s police have also deployed plainclothes agents and hired thugs to attack social activists, and harass them repeatedly.
According to the New York-based Human Rights Watch, Vietnam is holding between 150 and 200 prisoners of conscience while Hanoi always said it imprisons only law violators.
Numerous political dissidents, human rights and social activists, including environmentalists, have been brutally beaten in the past few years, especially in recent months, few months ahead of the communist party’s National Congress.
Next week, Vietnam’s parliament is scheduled to approve Law on Association which contains a number of requirements to limit the rights of associations enshrined in the country’s Constitution 2013, according to human rights groups.
The parliament and other state agencies have ignored petitions of unsanctioned CSOs on the country’s socio-economic development, especially in dealing with systemic corruption, poor economic management and China’s violations of the country’s sovereignty in the East Sea as well as enhancing human rights protection.