Saigon-based activists gathered in front of a social rehabilitation center to demand for unconditional release of four activists held by police on June 5-7, 2016
During the three-day detention in the facility, the four activists had been interrogated by police officers. Ms. Nguyet conducted hunger strike after police officers took off her clothes in front of other men.
By Vu Quoc Ngu, June 7, 2016
Security forces in Ho Chi Minh City, the biggest economic hub in Vietnam, on June 7 freed four environmentalists after holding them three days in a social rehabilitation facility No. 463 on No Trang Long Street for interrogation, local activists have said.
On Sunday [June 5], the police in the city detained dozens of activists when they gathered in the city’s center to attend the planned peaceful demonstration which aims to demand the government to be transparent in the investigation of the water contamination with toxic chemicals in the central coastal region which has caused the en-mass death of marine species.
Before taking any move, all environmentalists had been detained by the local police who released the detainees on the same day but kept Ms. Tran Thi Thu Nguyet, Mr. Luu Van Vinh, Mr. Truong Huy Le, and Mr. Khanh Le Hoang in the facility which is used for holding sex workers, criminals and drug addicts.
Before being transferred to the facility, Mr. Truong Huy Le was severely beaten by police officers in Ben Nghe ward police station.
During the three-day detention in the facility, the four activists had been interrogated by police officers. Ms. Nguyet conducted hunger strike after police officers took off her clothes in front of other men.
In the past three days, many activists gathered outside near the gate of the facility to demand for their unconditional release.
In this facility in mid-May, the city’s police held hundreds of environmentalists who participated in a demonstration on May 15. Before being released, detainees had been subjects of torture and interrogation by police officers. Some detainees reported that they were beaten by electrical batons.
Also on June 5, Hanoi detained around 70 activists but freed them on the day.
Authorities in major Vietnamese cities have tightened security control and arrested all political dissidents, social activists and human rights when they appear in public places in cities’ centers on Sundays after environmental groups called for nationwide demonstrations during weekends to demand the government to release the results of investigation on the massive death of millions of fish in the four central province of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue. Two months after the environmental catastrophe, Vietnam’s government has yet to publicize the results although the investigation was completed.
Many believe that the fish en-mass death in the central coastal region as water was polluted with heavy chemicals which came from improperly-treated waste discharged by the Taiwanese Formosa Plastic Group which has a $10 billion steel project in Ha Tinh province. The Taiwanese company admitted to imported 300 tons of very toxic chemicals such as CYC-VPrefilm900, CYC-Vprefilm400, CYC-Vclosetrol360, and CYC-VMA 796 for cleaning their machineries in the project and discharge waste into the sea through a meter-wide and kilometer-long tunnel about 15 meters below the sea surface.
Many Vietnamese have angered as the government has no urgent actions to cope with the disaster in the central coast as well as refused to announce the real causes of the incident. Since May 1, thousands of Vietnamese activists have rallied across the nation to protest Formosa and the slow reactions of the government.
Instead of warning people about serious contamination of sea water in the central coast, local authorities have launched campaign to encourage people to buy seafood harvested by the local fishermen in the affected areas, and make holidays in the local beaches. A number of divers were reported to die in water near the place where Formosa discharges waste and many people have died and suffered seriously from consuming seafood from the affected areas.
In May, police violently suppressed many peaceful environmental demonstrations, detaining and torturing many activists.
The Office of UN High Commission for Human Rights and many international human rights organizations have condemned Vietnam’s recent suppression against local activists, calling on the communist government respect its Constitutions and its international obligations on human rights.
Vietnam has prioritized high growth rate of the country’s gross domestic products (GDP) and encouraged foreign investors to set up industrial projects nationwide without paying special attention to environmental consequences, said experts.
The contamination of sea water in Vietnam’s central coast may affect the region’s economy for decades, especially in local fisheries, tourism, fish sauce and salt production. The livelihood of tens of millions of local residents is threatened, experts said.
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June 7, 2016
HCMC Police Release Four Environmentalists after Three-day Holding, One Female Outraged
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights], Tran Thi Thu Nguyet • Tags: Khanh Le Hoang, Luu Van Vinh, Truong Huy Le
Saigon-based activists gathered in front of a social rehabilitation center to demand for unconditional release of four activists held by police on June 5-7, 2016
By Vu Quoc Ngu, June 7, 2016
Security forces in Ho Chi Minh City, the biggest economic hub in Vietnam, on June 7 freed four environmentalists after holding them three days in a social rehabilitation facility No. 463 on No Trang Long Street for interrogation, local activists have said.
On Sunday [June 5], the police in the city detained dozens of activists when they gathered in the city’s center to attend the planned peaceful demonstration which aims to demand the government to be transparent in the investigation of the water contamination with toxic chemicals in the central coastal region which has caused the en-mass death of marine species.
Before taking any move, all environmentalists had been detained by the local police who released the detainees on the same day but kept Ms. Tran Thi Thu Nguyet, Mr. Luu Van Vinh, Mr. Truong Huy Le, and Mr. Khanh Le Hoang in the facility which is used for holding sex workers, criminals and drug addicts.
Before being transferred to the facility, Mr. Truong Huy Le was severely beaten by police officers in Ben Nghe ward police station.
During the three-day detention in the facility, the four activists had been interrogated by police officers. Ms. Nguyet conducted hunger strike after police officers took off her clothes in front of other men.
In the past three days, many activists gathered outside near the gate of the facility to demand for their unconditional release.
In this facility in mid-May, the city’s police held hundreds of environmentalists who participated in a demonstration on May 15. Before being released, detainees had been subjects of torture and interrogation by police officers. Some detainees reported that they were beaten by electrical batons.
Also on June 5, Hanoi detained around 70 activists but freed them on the day.
Authorities in major Vietnamese cities have tightened security control and arrested all political dissidents, social activists and human rights when they appear in public places in cities’ centers on Sundays after environmental groups called for nationwide demonstrations during weekends to demand the government to release the results of investigation on the massive death of millions of fish in the four central province of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue. Two months after the environmental catastrophe, Vietnam’s government has yet to publicize the results although the investigation was completed.
Many believe that the fish en-mass death in the central coastal region as water was polluted with heavy chemicals which came from improperly-treated waste discharged by the Taiwanese Formosa Plastic Group which has a $10 billion steel project in Ha Tinh province. The Taiwanese company admitted to imported 300 tons of very toxic chemicals such as CYC-VPrefilm900, CYC-Vprefilm400, CYC-Vclosetrol360, and CYC-VMA 796 for cleaning their machineries in the project and discharge waste into the sea through a meter-wide and kilometer-long tunnel about 15 meters below the sea surface.
Many Vietnamese have angered as the government has no urgent actions to cope with the disaster in the central coast as well as refused to announce the real causes of the incident. Since May 1, thousands of Vietnamese activists have rallied across the nation to protest Formosa and the slow reactions of the government.
Instead of warning people about serious contamination of sea water in the central coast, local authorities have launched campaign to encourage people to buy seafood harvested by the local fishermen in the affected areas, and make holidays in the local beaches. A number of divers were reported to die in water near the place where Formosa discharges waste and many people have died and suffered seriously from consuming seafood from the affected areas.
In May, police violently suppressed many peaceful environmental demonstrations, detaining and torturing many activists.
The Office of UN High Commission for Human Rights and many international human rights organizations have condemned Vietnam’s recent suppression against local activists, calling on the communist government respect its Constitutions and its international obligations on human rights.
Vietnam has prioritized high growth rate of the country’s gross domestic products (GDP) and encouraged foreign investors to set up industrial projects nationwide without paying special attention to environmental consequences, said experts.
The contamination of sea water in Vietnam’s central coast may affect the region’s economy for decades, especially in local fisheries, tourism, fish sauce and salt production. The livelihood of tens of millions of local residents is threatened, experts said.