Ms. Le Thi Hong Hanh was beaten by police in Cho Moi, Kien Giang on June 20
Authorities in many Vietnam’s localities have intensified its persecution against local unregistered religious groups, grabbing their properties and barring followers from attending their religious ceremonies, according to local social networks.
By Vu Quoc Ngu, June 21, 2016
Authorities in many Vietnam’s localities have intensified its persecution against local unregistered religious groups, grabbing their properties and barring followers from attending their religious ceremonies, according to local social networks.
On June 19-20, authorities in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang deployed a large number of police officers and militia to attack facilities of Cao Dai Buddhist sect in Cho Moi district, beating local followers. Due to the attack, Ms. Le Thi Hong Hanh and Ms. Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc suffered heavy injuries.
In order to protest the local government’s suppression, Mr. Vo Thanh Liem, head of Thanh Minh Pagoda, intended to use gasoline for self-immolation.
On Monday, authorities in the central city of Hue sent 200 police officers and militia to attack Thien An Church, breaking a number of facilities of the church and beating followers as well as suppressing the church’s leadership. The move aims to take the land belonging to the church.
In mid-May last year, the Hue authorities deployed police forces to destroy
Vietnam’s authorities in Jesus statue and Cross in Thien An Church and threw them on a river nearby.
Police forces in the northernmost province of Lao Cai on June 19 stormed in a Protestant church in Muong Khuong district, destroying the church and beating many followers, including the elderly and women.
Venerable Thich Khong Tanh, head of the Lien Tri Pagoda which belongs to the unrecognized Unified Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam (UBCV) has informed that authorities in Ho Chi Minh City plans to seize the land on which the pagoda is located for the local property development. The local government set to evict the monks out of the areas on June 23 and destroy the pagoda.
Aside of persecution unregistered religious groups, grabbing land of churches and pagodas has taken place in many localities. The victims of state land grabbing include Thai Ha Redemptory’s Church in Hanoi, Con Dau parish in Danang city, and Dong Yen parish in the central province of Ha Tinh.
Vietnam’s authorities in many provinces and cities have also seized land from local residents without paying adequate compensation and given to private developers of industrial and property projects, making thousands of farmers nationwide remain without production tools. Hundreds of them have rallied in Hanoi and HCMC to demand for returning their land or paying at market prices, and they are subjected to authorities’ discrimination and persecution.
In early June, Vietnam arrested land rights activist Can Thi Theu and charged her with allegation of causing public disorders in a bid to suppress other land petitioners.
Vietnam’s new leadership formed after the 12th National Congress of the ruling communist party has showed its muscles against local dissidents, social activists and human rights defenders in a bid to keep the country under a one-party regime, observers said.
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June 21, 2016
Vietnam Intensifies Crackdown against Unregistered Religious Groups, Enhancing Land Grabbing
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
Ms. Le Thi Hong Hanh was beaten by police in Cho Moi, Kien Giang on June 20
By Vu Quoc Ngu, June 21, 2016
Authorities in many Vietnam’s localities have intensified its persecution against local unregistered religious groups, grabbing their properties and barring followers from attending their religious ceremonies, according to local social networks.
On June 19-20, authorities in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang deployed a large number of police officers and militia to attack facilities of Cao Dai Buddhist sect in Cho Moi district, beating local followers. Due to the attack, Ms. Le Thi Hong Hanh and Ms. Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc suffered heavy injuries.
In order to protest the local government’s suppression, Mr. Vo Thanh Liem, head of Thanh Minh Pagoda, intended to use gasoline for self-immolation.
On Monday, authorities in the central city of Hue sent 200 police officers and militia to attack Thien An Church, breaking a number of facilities of the church and beating followers as well as suppressing the church’s leadership. The move aims to take the land belonging to the church.
In mid-May last year, the Hue authorities deployed police forces to destroy
Vietnam’s authorities in Jesus statue and Cross in Thien An Church and threw them on a river nearby.
Police forces in the northernmost province of Lao Cai on June 19 stormed in a Protestant church in Muong Khuong district, destroying the church and beating many followers, including the elderly and women.
Venerable Thich Khong Tanh, head of the Lien Tri Pagoda which belongs to the unrecognized Unified Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam (UBCV) has informed that authorities in Ho Chi Minh City plans to seize the land on which the pagoda is located for the local property development. The local government set to evict the monks out of the areas on June 23 and destroy the pagoda.
Aside of persecution unregistered religious groups, grabbing land of churches and pagodas has taken place in many localities. The victims of state land grabbing include Thai Ha Redemptory’s Church in Hanoi, Con Dau parish in Danang city, and Dong Yen parish in the central province of Ha Tinh.
Vietnam’s authorities in many provinces and cities have also seized land from local residents without paying adequate compensation and given to private developers of industrial and property projects, making thousands of farmers nationwide remain without production tools. Hundreds of them have rallied in Hanoi and HCMC to demand for returning their land or paying at market prices, and they are subjected to authorities’ discrimination and persecution.
In early June, Vietnam arrested land rights activist Can Thi Theu and charged her with allegation of causing public disorders in a bid to suppress other land petitioners.
Vietnam’s new leadership formed after the 12th National Congress of the ruling communist party has showed its muscles against local dissidents, social activists and human rights defenders in a bid to keep the country under a one-party regime, observers said.