Music compositor Viet Khang (in red T-shirt) welcomed by activists
Viet Khang, or Vo Minh Tri, was arrested two times in 2011 for allegation of “conducting anti-state propaganda” after he wrote two songs which encourage patriotisms and criticize the government’s suppression against anti-China protestors, and participated in a patriotic organization called “Patriotic Youths”.
by Vu Quoc Ngu, December 14, 2015
Vietnamese activists nationwide on December 14 welcomed two political dissidents as patriotic music compositor Viet Khang completed his four-year sentence while police in Ho Chi Minh City freed Nguyen Phuong Uyen, a young pro-democracy activists detained illegally by the city’s police.
Viet Khang, or Vo Minh Tri, was arrested two times in 2011 for allegation of “conducting anti-state propaganda” after he wrote two songs which encourage patriotisms and criticize the government’s suppression against anti-China protestors, and participated in a patriotic organization called “Patriotic Youths”.
In October 2012, the communist government sentenced him to four years in jail and additional two years under house arrest according to Article 88 of the country’s Penal Code.
The Vietnamese government maintained the imprisonment against him although more than 150,000 people worldwide joined a petition sent to the U.S.’s President Barack Obama to ask him to pressure Hanoi on the case.
During his imprisonment, his two song “Việt Nam tôi đâu?/Where is my Vietnam?” and “Anh la ai?/Who are you?” have been cheered by millions of Vietnamese people who opposite the Chinese violations of the country’s sovereignty in the East Sea as well as disagree with the weak response of the communist government in Hanoi to the Chinese expansionism.
On Monday, Mr. Khang was welcomed by dozens of activists who accompanied him to his home town of My Tho in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang.
Vietnam is still holding patriotic music Tran Vu Anh Binh, who was sentenced to six years in prison in the same case with Viet Khang. Binh was also charged of composing patriotic songs and participating in the unsanctioned “Patriotic Youths”.
On the same day, police in Ho Chi Minh City also released Phuong Uyen after the one-day detention without warranty.
During lunch time of Saturday [December 13], security force blocked the cafeteria of Nguyen Chieu Anh in District 1 and arrested Phuong Uyen, who was sitting in the cafeteria with her friends. The cafeteria owner was also summoned to the local police station for questioning.
The detention was aimed to distract Vietnamese activists from the trial of Nguyen Viet Dung, the founder and leader of the unsanctioned Republican Party of Vietnam in Hanoi on the next day, said observers.
For full details of the illegal detention of Phuong Uyen, you can read here: /2015/12/13/former-prisoner-conscience-phuong-uyen-detained-hcm-city-local-activists-gather-demand-release/
Meanwhile, local activists reported that security forces in the central province of Thanh Hoa detained local political dissident and former prisoner of conscience Protestant Pastor Nguyen Trung Ton. Nobody knows where Pastor Ton is held and his friends failed to connect him by cell phone.
Since being released in early 2013 after two years in prison, Mr. Ton is a regular subject of local police’s harassment. Last week, he was blocked from going to Hanoi to attend a meeting to mark the International Human Rights Day.
Pastor Ton was arrested in January 2011 for his activities which aimed to promote multi-party democracy and freedom of religions and belief. He was charged of conducting anti-state activities according to Article 88 of the country’s Penal Code.
Currently, Mr. Ton is a senior official of the unsanctioned Brotherhood of Democracy.
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December 14, 2015
Vietnam Patriotic Music Compositor Viet Khang Freed, Phuong Uyen Also Released
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights], Nguyen Phuong Uyen, Nguyen Trung Ton, Viet Khang (Vo Minh Tri)
Music compositor Viet Khang (in red T-shirt) welcomed by activists
by Vu Quoc Ngu, December 14, 2015
Vietnamese activists nationwide on December 14 welcomed two political dissidents as patriotic music compositor Viet Khang completed his four-year sentence while police in Ho Chi Minh City freed Nguyen Phuong Uyen, a young pro-democracy activists detained illegally by the city’s police.
Viet Khang, or Vo Minh Tri, was arrested two times in 2011 for allegation of “conducting anti-state propaganda” after he wrote two songs which encourage patriotisms and criticize the government’s suppression against anti-China protestors, and participated in a patriotic organization called “Patriotic Youths”.
In October 2012, the communist government sentenced him to four years in jail and additional two years under house arrest according to Article 88 of the country’s Penal Code.
The Vietnamese government maintained the imprisonment against him although more than 150,000 people worldwide joined a petition sent to the U.S.’s President Barack Obama to ask him to pressure Hanoi on the case.
During his imprisonment, his two song “Việt Nam tôi đâu?/Where is my Vietnam?” and “Anh la ai?/Who are you?” have been cheered by millions of Vietnamese people who opposite the Chinese violations of the country’s sovereignty in the East Sea as well as disagree with the weak response of the communist government in Hanoi to the Chinese expansionism.
On Monday, Mr. Khang was welcomed by dozens of activists who accompanied him to his home town of My Tho in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang.
Vietnam is still holding patriotic music Tran Vu Anh Binh, who was sentenced to six years in prison in the same case with Viet Khang. Binh was also charged of composing patriotic songs and participating in the unsanctioned “Patriotic Youths”.
On the same day, police in Ho Chi Minh City also released Phuong Uyen after the one-day detention without warranty.
During lunch time of Saturday [December 13], security force blocked the cafeteria of Nguyen Chieu Anh in District 1 and arrested Phuong Uyen, who was sitting in the cafeteria with her friends. The cafeteria owner was also summoned to the local police station for questioning.
The detention was aimed to distract Vietnamese activists from the trial of Nguyen Viet Dung, the founder and leader of the unsanctioned Republican Party of Vietnam in Hanoi on the next day, said observers.
For full details of the illegal detention of Phuong Uyen, you can read here: /2015/12/13/former-prisoner-conscience-phuong-uyen-detained-hcm-city-local-activists-gather-demand-release/
Meanwhile, local activists reported that security forces in the central province of Thanh Hoa detained local political dissident and former prisoner of conscience Protestant Pastor Nguyen Trung Ton. Nobody knows where Pastor Ton is held and his friends failed to connect him by cell phone.
Since being released in early 2013 after two years in prison, Mr. Ton is a regular subject of local police’s harassment. Last week, he was blocked from going to Hanoi to attend a meeting to mark the International Human Rights Day.
Pastor Ton was arrested in January 2011 for his activities which aimed to promote multi-party democracy and freedom of religions and belief. He was charged of conducting anti-state activities according to Article 88 of the country’s Penal Code.
Currently, Mr. Ton is a senior official of the unsanctioned Brotherhood of Democracy.