Human rights lawyer Don, land rights activists Theu (middle) and Anh
Human rights lawyer Vo An Don and two land right activists Can Thi Theu and Tran Ngoc Anh as well as the unsanctioned Vietnam Blogger Network are winner of the prizes this year, the Standing Committee of Vietnam Human Rights Network announced in a recent press conference held in Little Saigon in California.
By Defend the Defenders, November 15, 2016
The U.S.-based Vietnam Human Rights Network, a group of human rights defenders, has decided to honor three activists and an independent civil society organization in the country with its Vietnam Human Rights Awards 2016.
Human rights lawyer Vo An Don and land right activists Can Thi Theu and Tran Ngoc Anh as well as the unsanctioned Vietnam Blogger Network are winner of the prizes this year, the Standing Committee of Vietnam Human Rights Network announced in a recent press conference held in Little Saigon in California.
The three activists and Vietnam Blogger Network are outstanding individuals and organization contributing to the country’s human rights struggle in the year, the committee said.
Lawyer Don has participated in a number of trials, protecting his clients from state officials and agencies while Mrs. Theu and Mrs. Anh are leading hundreds of land petitioners to demand for proper compensation for their seized property.
Due to their activities, Anh and her husband were imprisoned for 15 months in 2014 on allegation of resisting on-duty state officials while peacefully protesting local authorities’ grabbing their land.
After being released in 2015, Theu continued to lead land petitioners in peaceful demonstration for land right as well as against police torture and on environmental issues.
On June 10, she was detained by Hanoi police and on September 20, she was sentenced to 20 months in prison on allegation of causing public disorders under Article 245 of the Penal Code. Although the trial was supposed to be public, two of her sons and many land petitioners and activists were detained while trying to enter the court room, and brutally beaten by police officers.
One of the key figures of Vietnam Blogger Network, Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh or Mother Mushroom, was arrested on October 10 and charged with anti-state propaganda under Article 88 of the Penal Code.
Prominent human rights lawyers Le Quoc Quan, Le Thi Cong Nhan and Nguyen Van Dai were winners of the prize in the past. Mr. Dai was arrested on December 16 last year on allegation of anti-state propaganda under Article 88.
The prizes ceremony will be held in Boston on December 10 on the occasion of the 68th International Human Rights Day.
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November 15, 2016
U.S.-based Human Rights Network Awards Three Activists, Vietnam Blogger Network
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
Human rights lawyer Don, land rights activists Theu (middle) and Anh
By Defend the Defenders, November 15, 2016
The U.S.-based Vietnam Human Rights Network, a group of human rights defenders, has decided to honor three activists and an independent civil society organization in the country with its Vietnam Human Rights Awards 2016.
Human rights lawyer Vo An Don and land right activists Can Thi Theu and Tran Ngoc Anh as well as the unsanctioned Vietnam Blogger Network are winner of the prizes this year, the Standing Committee of Vietnam Human Rights Network announced in a recent press conference held in Little Saigon in California.
The three activists and Vietnam Blogger Network are outstanding individuals and organization contributing to the country’s human rights struggle in the year, the committee said.
Lawyer Don has participated in a number of trials, protecting his clients from state officials and agencies while Mrs. Theu and Mrs. Anh are leading hundreds of land petitioners to demand for proper compensation for their seized property.
Due to their activities, Anh and her husband were imprisoned for 15 months in 2014 on allegation of resisting on-duty state officials while peacefully protesting local authorities’ grabbing their land.
After being released in 2015, Theu continued to lead land petitioners in peaceful demonstration for land right as well as against police torture and on environmental issues.
On June 10, she was detained by Hanoi police and on September 20, she was sentenced to 20 months in prison on allegation of causing public disorders under Article 245 of the Penal Code. Although the trial was supposed to be public, two of her sons and many land petitioners and activists were detained while trying to enter the court room, and brutally beaten by police officers.
One of the key figures of Vietnam Blogger Network, Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh or Mother Mushroom, was arrested on October 10 and charged with anti-state propaganda under Article 88 of the Penal Code.
Prominent human rights lawyers Le Quoc Quan, Le Thi Cong Nhan and Nguyen Van Dai were winners of the prize in the past. Mr. Dai was arrested on December 16 last year on allegation of anti-state propaganda under Article 88.
The prizes ceremony will be held in Boston on December 10 on the occasion of the 68th International Human Rights Day.