Ms. Loan and Mr. Tran Bang hold a banner to commemorize Gac Ma fallen soldiers
by Defend the Defenders, April 22, 2017
Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have continued to harass and intimidate primary school teacher Nguyen Thi Loan (also known by her Facebook user name Nguyen Thanh Loan) for her activities that aim to promote human rights and protect the environment.
In addition to summoning her to the police station on many occasions in order to interrogate her about her relations with pro-democracy activist Luu Van Vinh, who was arrested and charged with “attempting to overthrow the people’s government” under Article 79 of the Penal Code last year, police in Ho Chi Minh City pressured her landlords in order to make them cancel the lease agreement for her apartment.
As a result, Loan now has to move out within a few weeks.
Ms. Loan told Defend the Defenders that earlier this week, as she was riding her motorbike, a man with a mask chased her and tried to cause an accident. Loan nearly fell under a moving truck. Later, she fell on a street, which caused severe injuries to her legs while the man left the scene. She suspected that the unidentified man had been sent by the local police.
On March 12, police in Go Vap district locked her inside her apartment with a big lock and an iron chain in a bid to prevent her from going out on Sunday, the day when some activists had called for a peaceful gathering to protest the polluting Formosa plant.
Four days later, she was detained by local police together with other local activists while trying to hold a peaceful demonstration to demand justice for victims of child molestation near the Luong The Vinh primary school in Thu Duc district, where a seven-year-old schoolgirl was reported to be a victim of sexual abuse. Police officers roughly forced her into their car, and her head hit a metal part of the car, which knocked her unconscious. Police took her to a hospital, left her there and fled to avoid being held to account.
Loan is among the many young citizens in HCM City who attended peaceful demonstrations on a number of issues such as human rights violations, the environmental pollution caused by the Taiwanese Formosa steel plant in the central coastal region in April 2016, and the inadequate response of the city’s authorities to child abuse.
In order to discourage activists from carrying out their work, Vietnam’s security forces have used a number of repressive measures, including kidnapping, arbitrary detention and torture, as well as various intimidation tricks.
For an account of previous harassment against Ms. Nguyen Thi Loan, see: Security Forces in HCM City Lock Local Activist’s Apartment to Prevent Her from Going out
Three Activists in HCM City Detained after Holding Demonstration to Demand an Investigation into Pedophile Case in a Local Elementary School
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April 22, 2017
Authorities in HCM City Continue to Persecute Local Female Activist
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights], Nguyen Thanh Loan, Nguyen Thi Loan
Ms. Loan and Mr. Tran Bang hold a banner to commemorize Gac Ma fallen soldiers
by Defend the Defenders, April 22, 2017
Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have continued to harass and intimidate primary school teacher Nguyen Thi Loan (also known by her Facebook user name Nguyen Thanh Loan) for her activities that aim to promote human rights and protect the environment.
In addition to summoning her to the police station on many occasions in order to interrogate her about her relations with pro-democracy activist Luu Van Vinh, who was arrested and charged with “attempting to overthrow the people’s government” under Article 79 of the Penal Code last year, police in Ho Chi Minh City pressured her landlords in order to make them cancel the lease agreement for her apartment.
As a result, Loan now has to move out within a few weeks.
Ms. Loan told Defend the Defenders that earlier this week, as she was riding her motorbike, a man with a mask chased her and tried to cause an accident. Loan nearly fell under a moving truck. Later, she fell on a street, which caused severe injuries to her legs while the man left the scene. She suspected that the unidentified man had been sent by the local police.
On March 12, police in Go Vap district locked her inside her apartment with a big lock and an iron chain in a bid to prevent her from going out on Sunday, the day when some activists had called for a peaceful gathering to protest the polluting Formosa plant.
Four days later, she was detained by local police together with other local activists while trying to hold a peaceful demonstration to demand justice for victims of child molestation near the Luong The Vinh primary school in Thu Duc district, where a seven-year-old schoolgirl was reported to be a victim of sexual abuse. Police officers roughly forced her into their car, and her head hit a metal part of the car, which knocked her unconscious. Police took her to a hospital, left her there and fled to avoid being held to account.
Loan is among the many young citizens in HCM City who attended peaceful demonstrations on a number of issues such as human rights violations, the environmental pollution caused by the Taiwanese Formosa steel plant in the central coastal region in April 2016, and the inadequate response of the city’s authorities to child abuse.
In order to discourage activists from carrying out their work, Vietnam’s security forces have used a number of repressive measures, including kidnapping, arbitrary detention and torture, as well as various intimidation tricks.
For an account of previous harassment against Ms. Nguyen Thi Loan, see: Security Forces in HCM City Lock Local Activist’s Apartment to Prevent Her from Going out
Three Activists in HCM City Detained after Holding Demonstration to Demand an Investigation into Pedophile Case in a Local Elementary School