Mrs. Theu (in red clothes) at a peaceful demonstration against land seizure
Vietnamese land rights activist Can Thi Theu is in critical health conditions in the Hanoi-based Detention Facility No. 1 as she has fasted since being arrested on June 10, her lawyer Ha Huy Son informed the family.
By Vu Quoc Ngu, June 22, 2016
Vietnamese land rights activist Can Thi Theu is in critical health conditions in the Hanoi-based Detention Facility No. 1 as she has fasted since being arrested on June 10, her lawyer Ha Huy Son informed the family.
At the first meeting with his client in the detention facility on June 22, lawyer Son said Mrs. Theu was brought to a room on a wheel, with support of two people.
Theu, a former prisoner of conscience, said she started the hunger strike on the very first day of being arrested by the Hanoi police to protest the detention. She said she show blood in her urine and while she vomited in recent days.
On the same day, Mr. Son attended an interrogation of Theu, who was freed on July last year after 15 months in prison in a case related to Hanoi’s seizure of land of her family and other families in Duong Noi commune in Ha Dong district.
Mr. Son advised his client to stop the hunger strike to protect herself and she agreed.
On June 10, Mrs. Theu was arrested and charged with causing public disorders under Article 245 of the Penal Code. She faces imprisonment of up to seven years in jail if is proven guilty.
According to the warrant, she will be held up to three months for investigation. The police in Hanoi accused her of causing public disorders when she attended a peaceful demonstration in Dong Da district on April 8 to mark the 10th anniversary of the pro-democracy group Bloc 8406 and demand immediate and unconditional release of human rights lawyer Nguyen Van Dai, who was arrested on mid-December last year on allegation of anti-state propaganda under Article 88 of the Penal Code.
Mrs. Theu is a land rights defender who has been campaigning against and documenting land seizures in Hanoi and surrounding provinces since her family farm was confiscated in 2007. She has been beaten and imprisoned as a result of her activities calling for adequate compensation for the confiscation of lands in Vietnam. She has been helping others defend their land and highlighting government expropriation of land at unfair prices since 2007.
Last week, Front Line Defenders or The International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, an Irish-based human rights organization founded in Dublin, Ireland, expressed its deep concern about the recent arrest of Mrs. Theu.
Saying Mrs. Theu’s detention may be directly linked to her peaceful and legitimate work calling for adequate compensation for the confiscation of lands in Vietnam, Front Line Defenders urges Vietnam’s government to immediately and unconditionally release the land rights activist and drop all charges against her as it is believed that they are solely motivated by her legitimate and peaceful work in defense of human rights.
It has also asks Vietnam to guarantee in all circumstances that human rights defenders in Vietnam are able to carry out their legitimate human rights activities without undue restrictions, fear of harassment, threats or retaliation, and publicly recognize their important role in a just civil society.
All land in Vietnam is technically owned by the state and citizens only have the right to use it. This has led to thousands of people having land they have farmed for years being taken from them and being compensated with paltry sums.
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June 22, 2016
Vietnam Land Rights Activist in Critical Health Conditions in Detention after 13-day Hunger Strike
by Nhan Quyen • Can Thi Theu
Mrs. Theu (in red clothes) at a peaceful demonstration against land seizure
By Vu Quoc Ngu, June 22, 2016
Vietnamese land rights activist Can Thi Theu is in critical health conditions in the Hanoi-based Detention Facility No. 1 as she has fasted since being arrested on June 10, her lawyer Ha Huy Son informed the family.
At the first meeting with his client in the detention facility on June 22, lawyer Son said Mrs. Theu was brought to a room on a wheel, with support of two people.
Theu, a former prisoner of conscience, said she started the hunger strike on the very first day of being arrested by the Hanoi police to protest the detention. She said she show blood in her urine and while she vomited in recent days.
On the same day, Mr. Son attended an interrogation of Theu, who was freed on July last year after 15 months in prison in a case related to Hanoi’s seizure of land of her family and other families in Duong Noi commune in Ha Dong district.
Mr. Son advised his client to stop the hunger strike to protect herself and she agreed.
On June 10, Mrs. Theu was arrested and charged with causing public disorders under Article 245 of the Penal Code. She faces imprisonment of up to seven years in jail if is proven guilty.
According to the warrant, she will be held up to three months for investigation. The police in Hanoi accused her of causing public disorders when she attended a peaceful demonstration in Dong Da district on April 8 to mark the 10th anniversary of the pro-democracy group Bloc 8406 and demand immediate and unconditional release of human rights lawyer Nguyen Van Dai, who was arrested on mid-December last year on allegation of anti-state propaganda under Article 88 of the Penal Code.
Mrs. Theu is a land rights defender who has been campaigning against and documenting land seizures in Hanoi and surrounding provinces since her family farm was confiscated in 2007. She has been beaten and imprisoned as a result of her activities calling for adequate compensation for the confiscation of lands in Vietnam. She has been helping others defend their land and highlighting government expropriation of land at unfair prices since 2007.
Last week, Front Line Defenders or The International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, an Irish-based human rights organization founded in Dublin, Ireland, expressed its deep concern about the recent arrest of Mrs. Theu.
Saying Mrs. Theu’s detention may be directly linked to her peaceful and legitimate work calling for adequate compensation for the confiscation of lands in Vietnam, Front Line Defenders urges Vietnam’s government to immediately and unconditionally release the land rights activist and drop all charges against her as it is believed that they are solely motivated by her legitimate and peaceful work in defense of human rights.
It has also asks Vietnam to guarantee in all circumstances that human rights defenders in Vietnam are able to carry out their legitimate human rights activities without undue restrictions, fear of harassment, threats or retaliation, and publicly recognize their important role in a just civil society.
All land in Vietnam is technically owned by the state and citizens only have the right to use it. This has led to thousands of people having land they have farmed for years being taken from them and being compensated with paltry sums.