By Vu Quoc Ngu, September 16, 2016
On September 9, Amnesty International sent a letter to Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Minister of Public Security To Lam to call on the communist nation to release 82 prisoners of conscience.
The list includes bloggers, labor and land rights activists, political activists, ethnic and religious minorities, and advocates for human rights and social justice such as human rights lawyer Nguyen Van Dai, entrepreneur Tran Huynh Duy Thuc, Protestant pastor Nguyen Cong Chinh, blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh (aka AnhBaSam), Buddhist Venerable Thich Quang Do, and labor activist Nguyen Hoang Quoc Hung.
Amnesty International said these people have done nothing more than peacefully exercise their rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly. Many are held in harsh conditions, are in poor health and have been subjected to abusive treatment in detention.
The London-based human rights organization expressed its disappointment that on the occasion of Vietnam’s National Day [Sept 2], Vietnam granted amnesty for more than 2,000 prisoners and reduced sentences of some 22,600 others but none of these individuals identified as prisoners of conscience.
Amnesty International said Vietnam, as a state party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), has the duty to respect and protect the rights set out in this core human rights treaty.
Amnesty International urges Vietnam’s government to comply with international human rights law and release immediately and unconditionally all prisoners of conscience.
In the letter signed by Secretary General Salil Shetty, Amnesty International also urged the Vietnamese government to ensure that peaceful activists, human rights defenders, journalists and other individuals are able to carry out their legitimate activities without fear of reprisals, harassment, intimidation, arrest, prosecution and imprisonment, in compliance with Vietnam’s obligations under the ICCPR and other international human rights law and standards, including the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders.
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September 16, 2016
Amnesty International Calls on Vietnam to Release 82 Prisoners of Conscience
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
By Vu Quoc Ngu, September 16, 2016
On September 9, Amnesty International sent a letter to Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Minister of Public Security To Lam to call on the communist nation to release 82 prisoners of conscience.
The list includes bloggers, labor and land rights activists, political activists, ethnic and religious minorities, and advocates for human rights and social justice such as human rights lawyer Nguyen Van Dai, entrepreneur Tran Huynh Duy Thuc, Protestant pastor Nguyen Cong Chinh, blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh (aka AnhBaSam), Buddhist Venerable Thich Quang Do, and labor activist Nguyen Hoang Quoc Hung.
Amnesty International said these people have done nothing more than peacefully exercise their rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly. Many are held in harsh conditions, are in poor health and have been subjected to abusive treatment in detention.
The London-based human rights organization expressed its disappointment that on the occasion of Vietnam’s National Day [Sept 2], Vietnam granted amnesty for more than 2,000 prisoners and reduced sentences of some 22,600 others but none of these individuals identified as prisoners of conscience.
Amnesty International said Vietnam, as a state party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), has the duty to respect and protect the rights set out in this core human rights treaty.
Amnesty International urges Vietnam’s government to comply with international human rights law and release immediately and unconditionally all prisoners of conscience.
In the letter signed by Secretary General Salil Shetty, Amnesty International also urged the Vietnamese government to ensure that peaceful activists, human rights defenders, journalists and other individuals are able to carry out their legitimate activities without fear of reprisals, harassment, intimidation, arrest, prosecution and imprisonment, in compliance with Vietnam’s obligations under the ICCPR and other international human rights law and standards, including the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders.