blogger Nguyen Van Thanh was assaulted on July 3, the third attack within three weeks
Vietnam’s security forces on July 3 detained one environmentalist and severely beat another dissident two days after the Taiwanese Formosa Plastic Group took responsibility of causing environmental disaster in the Vietnamese central coastal region on which hundreds of tons of fish died.
By Vu Quoc Ngu, July 3, 2016
Vietnam’s security forces on July 3 detained one environmentalist and severely beat another dissident two days after the Taiwanese Formosa Plastic Group took responsibility for causing an environmental disaster in the Vietnamese central coastal region where hundreds of tons of fish died.
On the morning of Sunday [July 3], security forces in Ho Chi Minh City arrested blogger Hoang Dung when he conducted a sit-in protest near the Ben Thanh wet market to demand an end to Formosa’s steel plant operations in the central province of Ha Tinh and request the government to investigate the roles of state agencies in granting the Taiwanese company investment license and supervising its discharging of waste into the country’s coastal sea water.
The police forces in Vietnam’s biggest economic hub detained Mr. Dung, who is a member of pro-democracy group Vietnam Path Movement but released him in late afternoon.
Meanwhile, plainclothes agents in the central city of Danang attacked political dissident Nguyen Van Thanh who received severe injuries and needed to go to a local hospital for urgent treatment. This is the third assault by local thugs against him in as many weeks. On June 13, Thanh, who has posted a number of online articles calling for multi-party democracy and better human rights protection, was attacked with dirty mess made of shrimp sauce (mam tom) by thugs, just eight days after he was severely beaten by plainclothes agents.
Many Vietnamese activists have complained that they had been under house arrest since June 30 when the government officially announced the cause of the pollution in the sea water in the central coast region which killed a large amount of marine species here since early April.
On Friday, the government released its investigation results of the environmental catastrophe, saying Formosa discharged improperly-treated waste into the sea water in the region. The Taiwanese firm agreed to pay a compensation of $500 million.
Vietnamese activists said the sum is not enough to cover the huge losses for the local environment and the economic losses of local fishermen, salt farmers and those employed in the tourism industry.
They have asked the government to investigate the roles of state agencies in granting the investment license for the Taiwanese firm and supervising waste disposal. A number of local residents, including divers, have suffered from the sea water contamination with toxic chemicals discharged by the Formosa’s steel plant.
In response to the public dissatisfaction with the government’s actions to deal with the environmental disaster in the central coastal region, Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General To Lam, who is also Politburo member of the ruling communist party threatens to use tougher measures to prevent spontaneous demonstrations.
In May-June, Vietnam violently suppressed peaceful demonstrations on environmental issues, beating and arresting hundreds of local activists, including the elderly, women and children. Police also tortured and persecuted many detainees in detention facilities.
The Vietnamese government has been condemned by many foreign governments and international human rights groups for its violent persecution against local environmentalists.
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July 3, 2016
One Vietnamese Activist Detained, Another Beaten After Formosa Takes Responsibility on Mass Fish Death in Central Vietnam
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
blogger Nguyen Van Thanh was assaulted on July 3, the third attack within three weeks
By Vu Quoc Ngu, July 3, 2016
Vietnam’s security forces on July 3 detained one environmentalist and severely beat another dissident two days after the Taiwanese Formosa Plastic Group took responsibility for causing an environmental disaster in the Vietnamese central coastal region where hundreds of tons of fish died.
On the morning of Sunday [July 3], security forces in Ho Chi Minh City arrested blogger Hoang Dung when he conducted a sit-in protest near the Ben Thanh wet market to demand an end to Formosa’s steel plant operations in the central province of Ha Tinh and request the government to investigate the roles of state agencies in granting the Taiwanese company investment license and supervising its discharging of waste into the country’s coastal sea water.
The police forces in Vietnam’s biggest economic hub detained Mr. Dung, who is a member of pro-democracy group Vietnam Path Movement but released him in late afternoon.
Meanwhile, plainclothes agents in the central city of Danang attacked political dissident Nguyen Van Thanh who received severe injuries and needed to go to a local hospital for urgent treatment. This is the third assault by local thugs against him in as many weeks. On June 13, Thanh, who has posted a number of online articles calling for multi-party democracy and better human rights protection, was attacked with dirty mess made of shrimp sauce (mam tom) by thugs, just eight days after he was severely beaten by plainclothes agents.
Many Vietnamese activists have complained that they had been under house arrest since June 30 when the government officially announced the cause of the pollution in the sea water in the central coast region which killed a large amount of marine species here since early April.
On Friday, the government released its investigation results of the environmental catastrophe, saying Formosa discharged improperly-treated waste into the sea water in the region. The Taiwanese firm agreed to pay a compensation of $500 million.
Vietnamese activists said the sum is not enough to cover the huge losses for the local environment and the economic losses of local fishermen, salt farmers and those employed in the tourism industry.
They have asked the government to investigate the roles of state agencies in granting the investment license for the Taiwanese firm and supervising waste disposal. A number of local residents, including divers, have suffered from the sea water contamination with toxic chemicals discharged by the Formosa’s steel plant.
In response to the public dissatisfaction with the government’s actions to deal with the environmental disaster in the central coastal region, Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General To Lam, who is also Politburo member of the ruling communist party threatens to use tougher measures to prevent spontaneous demonstrations.
In May-June, Vietnam violently suppressed peaceful demonstrations on environmental issues, beating and arresting hundreds of local activists, including the elderly, women and children. Police also tortured and persecuted many detainees in detention facilities.
The Vietnamese government has been condemned by many foreign governments and international human rights groups for its violent persecution against local environmentalists.