By Defend the Defenders, October 10, 2016
The U.S. Department of State has said the California-based Vietnam Reform Party (Vietnam Canh Tan Cach Mang Dang or Viet Tan) is not a terrorist entity under the U.S. law.
Responding to a question on the issue by Reuters’s reporter at a press conference on Oct 7, Katina Adams, a spokeswoman for the department’s East Asia Bureau, said “We would refer you to the Vietnamese government for more information on its designation.”
Last week, Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security released its announcement on its website and state media, declaring Viet Tan a terrorist organization and warning that any Vietnamese found to be involved with the group would be regarded as co-conspirators and punished.
The ministry said Viet Tan had recruited and trained operatives to use weapons and explosives. Vietnam’s police accuse Viet Tan of training its members in militant activities, kidnaps and murders and arranged for operatives to sneak in to Vietnam to organize protests and instigate violence.
Vietnam, ruled by communists for decades, has long been sensitive to the activities of Viet Tan, calling the group “reactionaries” but the announcement carried on state television was the first time it had designated it a terrorist organization.
Some observers said the move by the Vietnamese police aims to suppress increasing social dissatisfaction regarding the government’s dealing with the environmental disaster in the central coastal region due to the discharge of huge volume of very toxic industrial waste of the Taiwanese Formosa steel plant into sea.
Tens of thousands of Formosa-affected people have rallied on streets near Formosa steel plant in the central province of Ha Tinh to demand the Taiwanese company to compensate for their losses and withdraw from the country.
Vietnam considered the protests were incited by Viet Tan, and tried to suppress the campaign.
Viet Tan was formed from Vietnamese people who fled to the U.S. after the Vietnam War. Currently, around three million of Vietnamese live in the U.S., concentrating in California.
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October 10, 2016
U.S. Says Viet Tan not Terrorist Group as Vietnam Labels
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
By Defend the Defenders, October 10, 2016
The U.S. Department of State has said the California-based Vietnam Reform Party (Vietnam Canh Tan Cach Mang Dang or Viet Tan) is not a terrorist entity under the U.S. law.
Responding to a question on the issue by Reuters’s reporter at a press conference on Oct 7, Katina Adams, a spokeswoman for the department’s East Asia Bureau, said “We would refer you to the Vietnamese government for more information on its designation.”
Last week, Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security released its announcement on its website and state media, declaring Viet Tan a terrorist organization and warning that any Vietnamese found to be involved with the group would be regarded as co-conspirators and punished.
The ministry said Viet Tan had recruited and trained operatives to use weapons and explosives. Vietnam’s police accuse Viet Tan of training its members in militant activities, kidnaps and murders and arranged for operatives to sneak in to Vietnam to organize protests and instigate violence.
Vietnam, ruled by communists for decades, has long been sensitive to the activities of Viet Tan, calling the group “reactionaries” but the announcement carried on state television was the first time it had designated it a terrorist organization.
Some observers said the move by the Vietnamese police aims to suppress increasing social dissatisfaction regarding the government’s dealing with the environmental disaster in the central coastal region due to the discharge of huge volume of very toxic industrial waste of the Taiwanese Formosa steel plant into sea.
Tens of thousands of Formosa-affected people have rallied on streets near Formosa steel plant in the central province of Ha Tinh to demand the Taiwanese company to compensate for their losses and withdraw from the country.
Vietnam considered the protests were incited by Viet Tan, and tried to suppress the campaign.
Viet Tan was formed from Vietnamese people who fled to the U.S. after the Vietnam War. Currently, around three million of Vietnamese live in the U.S., concentrating in California.