Defend the Defenders, October 28, 2016
Authorities in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have deployed a large number of police officers to block local activists from attending the 5th anniversary of No-U Football Club, a football team of people who oppose China’s illegal claim of nearly the entire East Sea (South China Sea).
Blogger Nguyen Tuong Thuy, vice chairman of the unsanctioned Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam said a group of around five policemen from Thanh Tri district stationed near his house’s gate and did not allow him to go out on late afternoon of October 28.
Other activists such as Vu Quoc Ngu, Pham Thanh, Phung The Dung and Nguyen Hoa said they were also barred from going out in the early evening of Friday when activists planned to hold a party to mark the 5th birthday of their beloved football team.
Despite harassment of Hanoi’s police, activists held a small party in Thai Ha Redemptory’s Church on the evening of Friday. Participants said a large number of plainclothes agents were deployed to the areas near the church to discourage activists from attending the party.
Shortly after the party began, local authorities cut off electricity, leaving the celebrities to use candles to light their party.
No-U (say No to China’s U-shaped line claim in the East Sea) team has been under constant harassment of Vietnam’s police since its establishment in 2011 after the anti-China demonstrations in the 11 consecutive Sundays in Hanoi.
Last year, during the 4th anniversary party organized in a local restaurant, the celebrities were attacked by thugs under witness of local police who did nothing to prevent the assault.
The patriotic football team has to move from one field to another in Hanoi since the city’s authorities have ordered football field owners not to allow team to hire fields to play.
Many members including Nguyen Chi Tuyen and La Viet Dung of No-U have been brutally beaten by plainclothes agents.
Vietnam’s communist government has verbally protested China’s violations of the country’s sovereignty in the East Sea. However, it has suppressed all activities of No-U football team and its members who have been leading figures in anti-Sino demonstrations in the country.
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October 30, 2016
Hanoi Police Block Many Activists from Attending 5th Anniversary of Anti-China Football Club
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
Defend the Defenders, October 28, 2016
Authorities in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have deployed a large number of police officers to block local activists from attending the 5th anniversary of No-U Football Club, a football team of people who oppose China’s illegal claim of nearly the entire East Sea (South China Sea).
Blogger Nguyen Tuong Thuy, vice chairman of the unsanctioned Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam said a group of around five policemen from Thanh Tri district stationed near his house’s gate and did not allow him to go out on late afternoon of October 28.
Other activists such as Vu Quoc Ngu, Pham Thanh, Phung The Dung and Nguyen Hoa said they were also barred from going out in the early evening of Friday when activists planned to hold a party to mark the 5th birthday of their beloved football team.
Despite harassment of Hanoi’s police, activists held a small party in Thai Ha Redemptory’s Church on the evening of Friday. Participants said a large number of plainclothes agents were deployed to the areas near the church to discourage activists from attending the party.
Shortly after the party began, local authorities cut off electricity, leaving the celebrities to use candles to light their party.
No-U (say No to China’s U-shaped line claim in the East Sea) team has been under constant harassment of Vietnam’s police since its establishment in 2011 after the anti-China demonstrations in the 11 consecutive Sundays in Hanoi.
Last year, during the 4th anniversary party organized in a local restaurant, the celebrities were attacked by thugs under witness of local police who did nothing to prevent the assault.
The patriotic football team has to move from one field to another in Hanoi since the city’s authorities have ordered football field owners not to allow team to hire fields to play.
Many members including Nguyen Chi Tuyen and La Viet Dung of No-U have been brutally beaten by plainclothes agents.
Vietnam’s communist government has verbally protested China’s violations of the country’s sovereignty in the East Sea. However, it has suppressed all activities of No-U football team and its members who have been leading figures in anti-Sino demonstrations in the country.