Jailed activist Le Thu Ha
Defend the Defenders, May 27, 2018
The mental health of Le Thu Ha, who is serving her nine-year prisonsentenceon chargeof subversion, is of concern, said her mother.
Speaking with independent human rights activist Grace Bui after visiting her daughter on May 25, the mother said she is very worried about her daughter.
During the meeting, Ms. Ha was calmer than the previous meetings, the mother said, adding the jailed activist asked her younger sister to buy some decorative items for her which are strange for her character,as the mother knows her daughter.
Ha, 36, told her mother that she is planning to conduct a hunger strike but did not unveil specifics. She is very pale and skinny, the mother said.
Themother told Ms. Bui that she is allowed to supplysome food forher daughter duringvisits every month, however, she finds it extremely difficult because she hasno income. Her husband passed away and shehas to take care of everything.
Mrs. Nguyen Thi Lanh, the wife of imprisoned Protestant pastor Nguyen Trung Ton, told Ms. Buithat when she came to B14 detention facility to visit her husband, she met Ha there. According to Mrs. Lanh, “Ha had a nervous break down” and “Ha got very emotional and threw the chairs at the guards.”
Ms. Ha is an assistant of prominent human rights attorney Nguyen Van Dai, who co-founded the online group Brotherhood for Democracy. The duo werearrested on December 16, 2015 and charged with “conducting anti-state propaganda” under Article 88 of the 1999 Penal Code.
On July 30, 2017, after arresting four other senior members of the pro-democracy group namely Mr. Nguyen Trung Ton, Mr. Nguyen Bac Truyen, Mr. Pham Van Troi and Mr. Truong Minh Duc, Vietnam’s authorities charged the six activists with “carrying out activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s administration” under Article 79 of the 1999 Penal Code.
At the first-instance trial of the six activists on April 24 this year, the People’s Court of Hanoi gave them a total of 66 years in prison and 17 years under house arrest afterward. Mr. Ha was sentenced to nine years in prison and three years under house arrest.
While four activists have filled appeals and their appeal hearing was set on June 4, Mr. Nguyen Van Dai and Ms. Le Thu Ha reportedly accepted their sentences because they believe that Vietnam’s authorities will not change their decisions about their cases.
When Ha was arrested, her family kept very quiet.
Ms. Buishared that she filled complaints about the arrests and the detentions of Mr. Nguyen Van Dai, Ms. Le Thu Ha, Mr. Nguyen Trung Ton, Mr. Nguyen Bac Truyen, Mr. Pham Van Troi and Mr. Truong Minh Duc to the UNWorking Group on Arbitrary Detention. The Working Group is concerned about these cases, especially Ms. Ha’s, Buisaid.
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May 27, 2018
Mental Health of Jailed Activist Le Thu Ha under Question: Mother
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights], Le Thu Ha
Jailed activist Le Thu Ha
Defend the Defenders, May 27, 2018
The mental health of Le Thu Ha, who is serving her nine-year prisonsentenceon chargeof subversion, is of concern, said her mother.
Speaking with independent human rights activist Grace Bui after visiting her daughter on May 25, the mother said she is very worried about her daughter.
During the meeting, Ms. Ha was calmer than the previous meetings, the mother said, adding the jailed activist asked her younger sister to buy some decorative items for her which are strange for her character,as the mother knows her daughter.
Ha, 36, told her mother that she is planning to conduct a hunger strike but did not unveil specifics. She is very pale and skinny, the mother said.
Themother told Ms. Bui that she is allowed to supplysome food forher daughter duringvisits every month, however, she finds it extremely difficult because she hasno income. Her husband passed away and shehas to take care of everything.
Mrs. Nguyen Thi Lanh, the wife of imprisoned Protestant pastor Nguyen Trung Ton, told Ms. Buithat when she came to B14 detention facility to visit her husband, she met Ha there. According to Mrs. Lanh, “Ha had a nervous break down” and “Ha got very emotional and threw the chairs at the guards.”
Ms. Ha is an assistant of prominent human rights attorney Nguyen Van Dai, who co-founded the online group Brotherhood for Democracy. The duo werearrested on December 16, 2015 and charged with “conducting anti-state propaganda” under Article 88 of the 1999 Penal Code.
On July 30, 2017, after arresting four other senior members of the pro-democracy group namely Mr. Nguyen Trung Ton, Mr. Nguyen Bac Truyen, Mr. Pham Van Troi and Mr. Truong Minh Duc, Vietnam’s authorities charged the six activists with “carrying out activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s administration” under Article 79 of the 1999 Penal Code.
At the first-instance trial of the six activists on April 24 this year, the People’s Court of Hanoi gave them a total of 66 years in prison and 17 years under house arrest afterward. Mr. Ha was sentenced to nine years in prison and three years under house arrest.
While four activists have filled appeals and their appeal hearing was set on June 4, Mr. Nguyen Van Dai and Ms. Le Thu Ha reportedly accepted their sentences because they believe that Vietnam’s authorities will not change their decisions about their cases.
When Ha was arrested, her family kept very quiet.
Ms. Buishared that she filled complaints about the arrests and the detentions of Mr. Nguyen Van Dai, Ms. Le Thu Ha, Mr. Nguyen Trung Ton, Mr. Nguyen Bac Truyen, Mr. Pham Van Troi and Mr. Truong Minh Duc to the UNWorking Group on Arbitrary Detention. The Working Group is concerned about these cases, especially Ms. Ha’s, Buisaid.