Mr. Dung (second from left) and his friends at the peaceful protest on April 12
If found guilty, he faces imprisonment of between two and seven years, according to the Penal Code.
Hanoi to Try Leader of Unsanctioned Republican Party of Vietnam on Dec 9
By Vu Quoc Ngu, Nov 22, 2015
The communist government in Hanoi will bring Nguyen Viet Dung, the founder and leader of the unsanctioned Republican Party of Vietnam, to the court on December 9, few months ahead of the 12th National Congress of the ruling communist party, his family said.
Mr. Dung, 30, an engineer graduated from the prestigious Hanoi University of Science and Technology, will be tried for committing public disorder under Article 245 of the country’s Penal Code in the first hearing in a Hanoi court, nine months after being detained by security forces in Vietnam’s capital city.
If found guilty, he faces imprisonment of between two and seven years, according to the Penal Code.
Dung’s family has hired Vo An Don to defend him. However, authorities in Hanoi have yet to grant permision for Mr. Don so the lawyer cannot meet his client currently held in the Hanoi Detention No. 1 located in Tu Liem district.
On April 12, Mr. Dung and four friends were detained by Hanoi security forces right after they attended a peaceful demonstration in the city’s center to protest the local government’s plan which aimed to chop down 6,700 aged valuable trees in some of the city’s key streets.
The police released his friends but kept Dung and accused him of “disturbing public order” and charged him under Article 245 of the Penal Code.
Following Mr. Dung’s arrest, police conducted a search of his home and seized many other items associated with the former Republic of Vietnam.
Local media reported that Dung has been severely tortured by Hanoi security officers during interrogation. Investigating officers of Hoan Kiem district beat Mr. Dung brutally when he refused to cooperate with them during the interrogation.
Dung received a number of severe injuries, including broken ribs by police torture and police sent him to the Hanoi-based Viet Duc Hospital for treatment, a source from Dung’s family said.
Dung has not been permitted to meet with his relatives since his arrest, his family told BBC.
Mr. Dung was born in 1986 in the central province of Nghe An, the home province of late President Ho Chi Minh, the founder of the ruling communist party.
After graduating from the prestigious Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Dung returned to his home town. In early of April, Dung declared the founding of the Republican Party of Vietnam to fight for multi-party democracy and promote human rights in the Southeast Asian nation.
One month after his arrest, Mr. Chris Hayes, member of the Australian Parliament, called on the Australian Government to take action to demand Vietnam to release Mr. Dung.
In his letter dated May 13 sent to Foreign Minister Julia Bishop, Mr. Hayes said “the Australian Government which strong advocates for human rights should take active interest in this matter and call for the immediately release of Nguyen Viet Dung.”
Mr. Hayes, an Australian Labor Party politician said the Vietnamese community in New South Wale where he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives in 2005, and Australia at large, is very concerned about the safety and wellbeing of Mr. Dung, together with hundreds of other dissidents who are being imprisoned in Vietnam for simply exercising their basic freedomsand human rights.
Vietnam, as a member of the UN Human Rights Council, has a responsibility to promote and respect human rights, Mr. Hayes said. However, Vietnam’s human rights record seems to be worsening, he noted.
The detention of Mr. Dung has drawn great concern among Vietnamese. The unsanctioned Vietnam Blogger Network (VBN) released a statement condemning his arrest, saying his participation in the peaceful demonstration cannot be listed as public disturbance.
Based on the facts, the VBN considers the arrest of Mr. Dung by Hanoi’s police as arbitrary detention, showing the power abuse of police forces in the capital city. The arrest is a serious violation of human rights, it noted.
Mr. Dung’s detention is closely related to his role in the establishment of the Republican Party of Vietnam, local observers said, adding the ruling party has vowed to keep the nation under one-party regime, and ordered the security forces not to allow opposition to be established.
The communist government in Vietnam has harassed, persecuted and imprisoned all government critics, criminalizing those who bravely speak out about corruption, poor economic management and weak response to China’s violations of the country’s sovereignty in the East Sea.
Along with using controversial Articles 79, 88 and 258 of the Penal Code, Vietnam’s communist government has also used other criminal charges such as tax evasion and public disorders to stifle local dissent.
According to international human rights bodies, Vietnam is imprisoning between 150 and 200 political dissidents, bloggers and human rights activists while Hanoi says it holds no prisoners of conscience but only law violators.
Meanwhile, torture is systemic in Vietnam. The lawyers have yet to be allowed to be present during interrogation while the right to remain silent is enshrined only in a draft law.
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November 22, 2015
Hanoi to Try Leader of Unsanctioned Republican Party of Vietnam on Dec 9
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights], Nguyen Viet Dung
Mr. Dung (second from left) and his friends at the peaceful protest on April 12
Hanoi to Try Leader of Unsanctioned Republican Party of Vietnam on Dec 9
By Vu Quoc Ngu, Nov 22, 2015
The communist government in Hanoi will bring Nguyen Viet Dung, the founder and leader of the unsanctioned Republican Party of Vietnam, to the court on December 9, few months ahead of the 12th National Congress of the ruling communist party, his family said.
Mr. Dung, 30, an engineer graduated from the prestigious Hanoi University of Science and Technology, will be tried for committing public disorder under Article 245 of the country’s Penal Code in the first hearing in a Hanoi court, nine months after being detained by security forces in Vietnam’s capital city.
If found guilty, he faces imprisonment of between two and seven years, according to the Penal Code.
Dung’s family has hired Vo An Don to defend him. However, authorities in Hanoi have yet to grant permision for Mr. Don so the lawyer cannot meet his client currently held in the Hanoi Detention No. 1 located in Tu Liem district.
On April 12, Mr. Dung and four friends were detained by Hanoi security forces right after they attended a peaceful demonstration in the city’s center to protest the local government’s plan which aimed to chop down 6,700 aged valuable trees in some of the city’s key streets.
The police released his friends but kept Dung and accused him of “disturbing public order” and charged him under Article 245 of the Penal Code.
Following Mr. Dung’s arrest, police conducted a search of his home and seized many other items associated with the former Republic of Vietnam.
Local media reported that Dung has been severely tortured by Hanoi security officers during interrogation. Investigating officers of Hoan Kiem district beat Mr. Dung brutally when he refused to cooperate with them during the interrogation.
Dung received a number of severe injuries, including broken ribs by police torture and police sent him to the Hanoi-based Viet Duc Hospital for treatment, a source from Dung’s family said.
Dung has not been permitted to meet with his relatives since his arrest, his family told BBC.
Mr. Dung was born in 1986 in the central province of Nghe An, the home province of late President Ho Chi Minh, the founder of the ruling communist party.
After graduating from the prestigious Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Dung returned to his home town. In early of April, Dung declared the founding of the Republican Party of Vietnam to fight for multi-party democracy and promote human rights in the Southeast Asian nation.
One month after his arrest, Mr. Chris Hayes, member of the Australian Parliament, called on the Australian Government to take action to demand Vietnam to release Mr. Dung.
In his letter dated May 13 sent to Foreign Minister Julia Bishop, Mr. Hayes said “the Australian Government which strong advocates for human rights should take active interest in this matter and call for the immediately release of Nguyen Viet Dung.”
Mr. Hayes, an Australian Labor Party politician said the Vietnamese community in New South Wale where he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives in 2005, and Australia at large, is very concerned about the safety and wellbeing of Mr. Dung, together with hundreds of other dissidents who are being imprisoned in Vietnam for simply exercising their basic freedomsand human rights.
Vietnam, as a member of the UN Human Rights Council, has a responsibility to promote and respect human rights, Mr. Hayes said. However, Vietnam’s human rights record seems to be worsening, he noted.
The detention of Mr. Dung has drawn great concern among Vietnamese. The unsanctioned Vietnam Blogger Network (VBN) released a statement condemning his arrest, saying his participation in the peaceful demonstration cannot be listed as public disturbance.
Based on the facts, the VBN considers the arrest of Mr. Dung by Hanoi’s police as arbitrary detention, showing the power abuse of police forces in the capital city. The arrest is a serious violation of human rights, it noted.
Mr. Dung’s detention is closely related to his role in the establishment of the Republican Party of Vietnam, local observers said, adding the ruling party has vowed to keep the nation under one-party regime, and ordered the security forces not to allow opposition to be established.
The communist government in Vietnam has harassed, persecuted and imprisoned all government critics, criminalizing those who bravely speak out about corruption, poor economic management and weak response to China’s violations of the country’s sovereignty in the East Sea.
Along with using controversial Articles 79, 88 and 258 of the Penal Code, Vietnam’s communist government has also used other criminal charges such as tax evasion and public disorders to stifle local dissent.
According to international human rights bodies, Vietnam is imprisoning between 150 and 200 political dissidents, bloggers and human rights activists while Hanoi says it holds no prisoners of conscience but only law violators.
Meanwhile, torture is systemic in Vietnam. The lawyers have yet to be allowed to be present during interrogation while the right to remain silent is enshrined only in a draft law.