Mr. Nguyen Van Dien (third from right) and his friends on cycling campaign on July 31, 2016 before being kidnapped by Hanoi police (picture from his Facebook page)
Mr. Dien said he was detained by plainclothes agents who brought him to a police station in Hang Bai ward, Hoan Kiem district where police officers interrogated him on his peaceful activities such as participation in demonstrations and expressing his opinions on social networks, including Facebook.
By Vu Quoc Ngu, Aug 2, 2016
Security forces in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi on July 31 kidnapped a pro-democracy activist, holding him for 12 hours in a police station before deporting him to his home province at mid-night, the victim said.
On the morning of Sunday, Mr. Dien, 35, and seven other activists rallied in Hanoi’s center. They wore T-shirts with message saying Hoang Sa (Paracels) and Truong Sa (Spratlys) belong to Vietnam. During their journey, the activists were followed by a group of around twenty individuals in plainclothes which are believed to be security officers in the city’s Department of Public Security.
Dien, who has participated in a number of peaceful demonstrations against China’s violations of the country’s sovereignty in the East Sea (South China Sea) and the Taiwanese Formosa Plastic Group, was in the last position. He suddenly disappeared at 10.45 AM when the group arrived in Hang Khay Street, said other activists of the group.
The activists tried to connect Dien by cell phones but received no answers.
Mr. Dien said he was detained by plainclothes agents who brought him to a police station in Hang Bai ward, Hoan Kiem district where police officers interrogated him on his peaceful activities such as participation in demonstrations and expressing his opinions on social networks, including Facebook.
In late evening of July 31, police in Hanoi handed over him and his bicycle to the police of Yen Bai province who took him to the home town and released him at 1 AM of the next day in his family’s house.
Dien said the police did not confiscate his personnel items.
This is the second detention of Dien by Hanoi police. On May 8, Dien was arrested while participating in a protest against Formosa and was also deported to his home town.
Vietnam’s security forces have applied a number of measures, including assaulting, kidnapping, detaining and deporting local political dissidents, social activists and human rights defenders to silence them.
Vietnam’s communist government has little tolerance for its critics and applied many measures to prevent spontaneous demonstrations. It has ordered the security forces to assault, kidnap and detain as well as block activists in order not to allow them to organize or participate in peaceful protests.
Last week, after being re-elected as chairwoman of the country’s highest legislative body National Assembly, Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, member of the ruling communist party’s Politburo, criticized anti-China activists, saying their peaceful demonstrations aim to cause instability in the country.
Since the beginning of 2016, dozens of government critics, social activists and human rights defenders have been brutally assaulted by plainclothes agents while hundreds of others have been detained to police stations where many of them were interrogated and tortured by police officers, according to the statistics of Defend the Defenders.
Vietnam’s communists have vowed to maintain a one-party regime and made all effort to prevent the establishment of political opposition.
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August 2, 2016
Hanoi Police Kidnap Pro-democracy Activist, Deporting Him to Home Province after 12 Hours in Detention
by Nhan Quyen • Nguyen Van Dien
Mr. Nguyen Van Dien (third from right) and his friends on cycling campaign on July 31, 2016 before being kidnapped by Hanoi police (picture from his Facebook page)
By Vu Quoc Ngu, Aug 2, 2016
Security forces in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi on July 31 kidnapped a pro-democracy activist, holding him for 12 hours in a police station before deporting him to his home province at mid-night, the victim said.
On the morning of Sunday, Mr. Dien, 35, and seven other activists rallied in Hanoi’s center. They wore T-shirts with message saying Hoang Sa (Paracels) and Truong Sa (Spratlys) belong to Vietnam. During their journey, the activists were followed by a group of around twenty individuals in plainclothes which are believed to be security officers in the city’s Department of Public Security.
Dien, who has participated in a number of peaceful demonstrations against China’s violations of the country’s sovereignty in the East Sea (South China Sea) and the Taiwanese Formosa Plastic Group, was in the last position. He suddenly disappeared at 10.45 AM when the group arrived in Hang Khay Street, said other activists of the group.
The activists tried to connect Dien by cell phones but received no answers.
Mr. Dien said he was detained by plainclothes agents who brought him to a police station in Hang Bai ward, Hoan Kiem district where police officers interrogated him on his peaceful activities such as participation in demonstrations and expressing his opinions on social networks, including Facebook.
In late evening of July 31, police in Hanoi handed over him and his bicycle to the police of Yen Bai province who took him to the home town and released him at 1 AM of the next day in his family’s house.
Dien said the police did not confiscate his personnel items.
This is the second detention of Dien by Hanoi police. On May 8, Dien was arrested while participating in a protest against Formosa and was also deported to his home town.
Vietnam’s security forces have applied a number of measures, including assaulting, kidnapping, detaining and deporting local political dissidents, social activists and human rights defenders to silence them.
Vietnam’s communist government has little tolerance for its critics and applied many measures to prevent spontaneous demonstrations. It has ordered the security forces to assault, kidnap and detain as well as block activists in order not to allow them to organize or participate in peaceful protests.
Last week, after being re-elected as chairwoman of the country’s highest legislative body National Assembly, Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, member of the ruling communist party’s Politburo, criticized anti-China activists, saying their peaceful demonstrations aim to cause instability in the country.
Since the beginning of 2016, dozens of government critics, social activists and human rights defenders have been brutally assaulted by plainclothes agents while hundreds of others have been detained to police stations where many of them were interrogated and tortured by police officers, according to the statistics of Defend the Defenders.
Vietnam’s communists have vowed to maintain a one-party regime and made all effort to prevent the establishment of political opposition.