Peaceful anti-China protest in Hanoi in 2011 before being suppressed by local authorities
Defend the Defenders, May 27, 2018
Authorities in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City,and other Vietnamese localities have been placing local activists de facto under house arrest on May 27 after an online call for peaceful demonstrations to protest China’s increasing aggressiveness in the East Sea (South China Sea).
Dozens of activists from Hanoi and HCM City reported that plainclothes agents and militia have posted near their private residences from the evening of Friday or early morning of Sunday in a bid to prevent them from going out.
Retired teacher Tran Thi Thao from Hanoi said she recognized a group of five or six under-covered policemen and militia staying near her apartment in the flat from very early onSunday. They werethe same group sent in other occasions when the local authorities wantedto lock her inside.
Blogger Nam Phuong from Hanoi did not know why she wasplaced under house arrest until reading the call of Mr. Linh on Facebook, the most popular social network in Vietnam with tens of millions of accounts.
In HCM City, blogger Nguyen Hoang Vi said plainclothes agents and militia were stationednear her apartment from the evening of Saturday.
Some activists were permitted to go shoping but under close surveillance.
Police surveillance has increased after pro-democracy activist Nguyen Trung Linh in Hanoi posted a call for peaceful demonstrations in citycenters in the morning of Sunday to protest China’s aggresive acts in the East Sea to solidify its illegal claim of nearly the entire resource-rich sea which is also very important for international trade.
In his statement posted on his Facebook account “Trung Lĩnh Nguyễn,”Mr. Linh also criticized the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam and its government for weak response to China’s violations of the country’s sovereignty in the East Sea.
Vietnam’s government does not welcome peaceful demonstrations which it cannot control. Protestors are facing criminal charges of “causing public disorders” or “resisting on-duty state officials” with potential punishments of years in jail.
Many activists who oppose China’s violations of the country’s sovereignty in the East Sea have been beaten, intimidated, arrested and imprisoned in the past few years.
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May 27, 2018
Many Vietnamese Activists Placed under House Arrest After Call for Peaceful Demonstrations
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
Peaceful anti-China protest in Hanoi in 2011 before being suppressed by local authorities
Defend the Defenders, May 27, 2018
Authorities in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City,and other Vietnamese localities have been placing local activists de facto under house arrest on May 27 after an online call for peaceful demonstrations to protest China’s increasing aggressiveness in the East Sea (South China Sea).
Dozens of activists from Hanoi and HCM City reported that plainclothes agents and militia have posted near their private residences from the evening of Friday or early morning of Sunday in a bid to prevent them from going out.
Retired teacher Tran Thi Thao from Hanoi said she recognized a group of five or six under-covered policemen and militia staying near her apartment in the flat from very early onSunday. They werethe same group sent in other occasions when the local authorities wantedto lock her inside.
Blogger Nam Phuong from Hanoi did not know why she wasplaced under house arrest until reading the call of Mr. Linh on Facebook, the most popular social network in Vietnam with tens of millions of accounts.
In HCM City, blogger Nguyen Hoang Vi said plainclothes agents and militia were stationednear her apartment from the evening of Saturday.
Some activists were permitted to go shoping but under close surveillance.
Police surveillance has increased after pro-democracy activist Nguyen Trung Linh in Hanoi posted a call for peaceful demonstrations in citycenters in the morning of Sunday to protest China’s aggresive acts in the East Sea to solidify its illegal claim of nearly the entire resource-rich sea which is also very important for international trade.
In his statement posted on his Facebook account “Trung Lĩnh Nguyễn,”Mr. Linh also criticized the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam and its government for weak response to China’s violations of the country’s sovereignty in the East Sea.
Vietnam’s government does not welcome peaceful demonstrations which it cannot control. Protestors are facing criminal charges of “causing public disorders” or “resisting on-duty state officials” with potential punishments of years in jail.
Many activists who oppose China’s violations of the country’s sovereignty in the East Sea have been beaten, intimidated, arrested and imprisoned in the past few years.