Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan at a UN hearing on human rights violations in Vietnam in 2014
Security agents took Mr. Tuan when he arrived in Danang Airport in his home city in late night of January 31 for interrogation and released him in the next morning.
By Vu Quoc Ngu, February 01, 2016
Vietnam’s security forces have detained young activist Nguyen Anh Tuan immediately after the pro-democracy advocate returned to the home country from long foreign trip, local media has reported.
Security agents took Mr. Tuan when he arrived in Danang Airport in his home city in late night of January 31 for interrogation and released him in the next morning.
Mr. Tuan, born in 1990, graduated bachelor degree from the National Administration Academy in 2012. As an outstanding student, he was proposed to become a member of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam, however, Tuan rejected the proposal although the party’s membership may help him to become official in important state agencies.
During the student’s years, in a bid to protest controversial Article 88 of the Penal Code, Tuan made a statement confessing to holding anti-state documents, and wrote a letter requesting the Supreme People’s Court to issue arrest warrant against him. In the communist nation, the government has often used the article to silence government critics.
After graduating, Tuan went abroad to learn about pro-democracy and human rights. He went to over 20 countries, including countries in the EU, the U.S. and Australia to meet with foreign legislators, human rights bodies and social activists to learn and share experience in promotion of democracy and human rights as well as report human rights violations in the home country.
In 2014, he joined other activists to participate in the UN’s Universal Periodic Review to criticize human rights violations in the communist-ruled Vietnam.
Meanwhile, Vietnam’s communist government has intensified crackdown against political dissidents, social activists and human rights defenders in a bid to keep the country under a one-party regime. Along with persecuting activists, the government has banned a number of them from going abroad, and harassed those who return the home country from foreign countries.
Many activists returning home country have been detained for interrogation. The victims of police abuse include Dr. Nguyen Quang A, blogger and pro-democracy activists Doan Trang, Nguyen Tuong Thuy and Truong Minh Tam.
Political suppression is expected to be harder in Vietnam after many police generals have been elected to the new leadership of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam in its 12th National Congress which ended on January 28. Four police generals have been elected to the party’s Politburo, two in the Secretariat and three others in the party’s Central Committee for the 2016-2020 period. Minister of Public Security General Tran Dai Quang, who labeled all independent civil society organizations as “anti-state” groups, is set to become the next president.
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February 1, 2016
Vietnamese Activist Detained Upon Coming Home from Long Journey Abroad
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights], Nguyen Anh Tuan
Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan at a UN hearing on human rights violations in Vietnam in 2014
By Vu Quoc Ngu, February 01, 2016
Vietnam’s security forces have detained young activist Nguyen Anh Tuan immediately after the pro-democracy advocate returned to the home country from long foreign trip, local media has reported.
Security agents took Mr. Tuan when he arrived in Danang Airport in his home city in late night of January 31 for interrogation and released him in the next morning.
Mr. Tuan, born in 1990, graduated bachelor degree from the National Administration Academy in 2012. As an outstanding student, he was proposed to become a member of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam, however, Tuan rejected the proposal although the party’s membership may help him to become official in important state agencies.
During the student’s years, in a bid to protest controversial Article 88 of the Penal Code, Tuan made a statement confessing to holding anti-state documents, and wrote a letter requesting the Supreme People’s Court to issue arrest warrant against him. In the communist nation, the government has often used the article to silence government critics.
After graduating, Tuan went abroad to learn about pro-democracy and human rights. He went to over 20 countries, including countries in the EU, the U.S. and Australia to meet with foreign legislators, human rights bodies and social activists to learn and share experience in promotion of democracy and human rights as well as report human rights violations in the home country.
In 2014, he joined other activists to participate in the UN’s Universal Periodic Review to criticize human rights violations in the communist-ruled Vietnam.
Meanwhile, Vietnam’s communist government has intensified crackdown against political dissidents, social activists and human rights defenders in a bid to keep the country under a one-party regime. Along with persecuting activists, the government has banned a number of them from going abroad, and harassed those who return the home country from foreign countries.
Many activists returning home country have been detained for interrogation. The victims of police abuse include Dr. Nguyen Quang A, blogger and pro-democracy activists Doan Trang, Nguyen Tuong Thuy and Truong Minh Tam.
Political suppression is expected to be harder in Vietnam after many police generals have been elected to the new leadership of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam in its 12th National Congress which ended on January 28. Four police generals have been elected to the party’s Politburo, two in the Secretariat and three others in the party’s Central Committee for the 2016-2020 period. Minister of Public Security General Tran Dai Quang, who labeled all independent civil society organizations as “anti-state” groups, is set to become the next president.