Jailed members of Brotherhood for Democracy, six of them will be tried on April 5-6
Defend the Defenders, April 4, 2018
Vietnam’s authorities have revoked permissions of access to the trial of six pro-democracy activists scheduled on April 5-6 for all foreign embassies, Defend the Defenders has learned.
The communist government made the move several days after agreeing to allow the EU Delegation in Vietnam, the Embassies of the US, Australia and Germany to send their representatives to observe the first-instance hearing of six key members of the unsanctioned Brotherhood for Democracy on allegation of subversion under Article 79 of the 1999 Penal Code.
Security reason is used by Hanoi as the excuse, a foreign diplomat told Defend the Defenders from Hanoi, adding the same reason was used in the hearings of other activists in the past when Vietnam rejected foreign embassies.
The People’s Court of Hanoi, the body will conduct the open trial, had verbally promised to permit the wives of prominent human rights attorney Nguyen Van Dai, Protestant pastor Nguyen Trung Ton, engineer Pham Van Troi, veteran journalist and Vice President of the Viet Labor Movement Truong Minh Duc, and lawyer Nguyen Bac Truyen, as well as the mother of Ms. Le Thu Ha to enter the courtroom where the court will hear their case.
It is expected authorities in many localities to send plainclothes agents to private residences of local acvitists, and deploy large numbers of police and militia to the court areas to prevent them from gathering near the areas to support the defendants, who were arrested and tried just because exercising basic rights enshrined in the country’s 2013 Constitution and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, in which Vietnam is a signatory party.
The six activists are facing lengthy imprisonment if convicted. According to the current Vietnamese law, individuals found guilty of subversion, can face life imprisonment or even capital punishment.
Nguyen Van Dai, Nguyen Trung Ton, Pham Van Troi, Truong Minh Duc, and Le Thu Ha are members of the pro-democracy online group Brotherhood for Democracy while Nguyen Bac Truyen is its co-founder but left the organization several years before being detained in late July last year.
The Brotherhood for Democracy was founded in April 2013 by Nguyen Van Dai and fellow activists. It strives to work to defend human rights recognized by the Vietnam Constitution and international conventions” and promote the building of a democratic, progressive, civilized and just society for Vietnam.
It provides a network for activists both in and outside Vietnam who campaign for human rights and democracy in Vietnam. Its members have conducted informal trainings on civil society, human rights, and democracy, and learned skills such as safety and security on the internet.
Vietnam’s communist regime considers the Brotherhood for Democracy a potential political opponent while the communist government makes all efforts to keep the country under a one-party regime.
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April 4, 2018
Foreign Embassies Revoked Permission of Access to Trial of Six Pro-democracy Activists, Security Reason Used as Excuse
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
Jailed members of Brotherhood for Democracy, six of them will be tried on April 5-6
Defend the Defenders, April 4, 2018
Vietnam’s authorities have revoked permissions of access to the trial of six pro-democracy activists scheduled on April 5-6 for all foreign embassies, Defend the Defenders has learned.
The communist government made the move several days after agreeing to allow the EU Delegation in Vietnam, the Embassies of the US, Australia and Germany to send their representatives to observe the first-instance hearing of six key members of the unsanctioned Brotherhood for Democracy on allegation of subversion under Article 79 of the 1999 Penal Code.
Security reason is used by Hanoi as the excuse, a foreign diplomat told Defend the Defenders from Hanoi, adding the same reason was used in the hearings of other activists in the past when Vietnam rejected foreign embassies.
The People’s Court of Hanoi, the body will conduct the open trial, had verbally promised to permit the wives of prominent human rights attorney Nguyen Van Dai, Protestant pastor Nguyen Trung Ton, engineer Pham Van Troi, veteran journalist and Vice President of the Viet Labor Movement Truong Minh Duc, and lawyer Nguyen Bac Truyen, as well as the mother of Ms. Le Thu Ha to enter the courtroom where the court will hear their case.
It is expected authorities in many localities to send plainclothes agents to private residences of local acvitists, and deploy large numbers of police and militia to the court areas to prevent them from gathering near the areas to support the defendants, who were arrested and tried just because exercising basic rights enshrined in the country’s 2013 Constitution and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, in which Vietnam is a signatory party.
The six activists are facing lengthy imprisonment if convicted. According to the current Vietnamese law, individuals found guilty of subversion, can face life imprisonment or even capital punishment.
Nguyen Van Dai, Nguyen Trung Ton, Pham Van Troi, Truong Minh Duc, and Le Thu Ha are members of the pro-democracy online group Brotherhood for Democracy while Nguyen Bac Truyen is its co-founder but left the organization several years before being detained in late July last year.
The Brotherhood for Democracy was founded in April 2013 by Nguyen Van Dai and fellow activists. It strives to work to defend human rights recognized by the Vietnam Constitution and international conventions” and promote the building of a democratic, progressive, civilized and just society for Vietnam.
It provides a network for activists both in and outside Vietnam who campaign for human rights and democracy in Vietnam. Its members have conducted informal trainings on civil society, human rights, and democracy, and learned skills such as safety and security on the internet.
Vietnam’s communist regime considers the Brotherhood for Democracy a potential political opponent while the communist government makes all efforts to keep the country under a one-party regime.