Defend the Defenders, February 1, 2018
Medical doctor Ho Hai has become the 8th Vietnamese dissident being convicted of “conducting anti-state propaganda” under Article 88 of the country’s 1999 Penal Code so far this year.
State media has reported that Dr. Hai, who was arrested on November 2, 2016, was found guilty of producing and disseminating many articles which defame state leaders and call for boycott of the election of People’s Committees in provincial, district and communal level.
According to the indictment of the People’s Court in Ho Chi Minh City on February, Dr. Hai had posted 36 articles which violate Decree 72 of the government on using Internet services and online information.
He was sentenced to four years in prison and additional two years of probation.
The trial was unknown for most of activists in the country ruled by communists for decades. Many activists in HCM City said they didn’t know while local authorities placed them under house arrest today until reading news on the state media.
So far this year, Vietnam convicted eight government critics, all of them were accused of “conducting anti-state propaganda,” one of many controversial articles in the national security provision in the Penal Code.
On January 23, the People’s Court in the southern province of An Giang convicted four Hoa Hao Buddhist followers Vuong Van Tha, Vuong Van Thuan, Nguyen Nhat Truong and Nguyen Van Thuong. They were given total of 31 years in prison and 12 years of probation after that.
On January 31, the People’s Court in Hanoi sentenced Vu Quang Thuan to eight years in prison, Nguyen Van Dien to six and half years and Tran Hoang Phuc to six years in jail. Thuan was given additional five years under house arrest while the other two activists were granted with four years of probation each.
Vietnam postponed the trial of labor activist Hoang Duc Binh on January 25. The communist government also planned to hold a trial of Bui Van Trung, Bui Van Tham and Nguyen Hoang Nam on February 9.
Vietnam continues its crackdown on local dissidents and social activists which started in late 2015.
Last year, Vietnam arrested at least 45 activists and convicted 19 of them with heavy sentences from three to 16 years in prison.
According to a coalition consisting of BPSOS, Defend the Defenders and Civil Rights Defenders and 11 other partners, Vietnam held 165 prisoners of conscience by late November last year. The figure did not include 15 activists Vietnam convicted in December.
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February 1, 2018
8th Vietnamese Activist Convicted of Conducting Anti-state Propaganda So Far This Year
by Nhan Quyen • Ho Hai
Defend the Defenders, February 1, 2018
Medical doctor Ho Hai has become the 8th Vietnamese dissident being convicted of “conducting anti-state propaganda” under Article 88 of the country’s 1999 Penal Code so far this year.
State media has reported that Dr. Hai, who was arrested on November 2, 2016, was found guilty of producing and disseminating many articles which defame state leaders and call for boycott of the election of People’s Committees in provincial, district and communal level.
According to the indictment of the People’s Court in Ho Chi Minh City on February, Dr. Hai had posted 36 articles which violate Decree 72 of the government on using Internet services and online information.
He was sentenced to four years in prison and additional two years of probation.
The trial was unknown for most of activists in the country ruled by communists for decades. Many activists in HCM City said they didn’t know while local authorities placed them under house arrest today until reading news on the state media.
So far this year, Vietnam convicted eight government critics, all of them were accused of “conducting anti-state propaganda,” one of many controversial articles in the national security provision in the Penal Code.
On January 23, the People’s Court in the southern province of An Giang convicted four Hoa Hao Buddhist followers Vuong Van Tha, Vuong Van Thuan, Nguyen Nhat Truong and Nguyen Van Thuong. They were given total of 31 years in prison and 12 years of probation after that.
On January 31, the People’s Court in Hanoi sentenced Vu Quang Thuan to eight years in prison, Nguyen Van Dien to six and half years and Tran Hoang Phuc to six years in jail. Thuan was given additional five years under house arrest while the other two activists were granted with four years of probation each.
Vietnam postponed the trial of labor activist Hoang Duc Binh on January 25. The communist government also planned to hold a trial of Bui Van Trung, Bui Van Tham and Nguyen Hoang Nam on February 9.
Vietnam continues its crackdown on local dissidents and social activists which started in late 2015.
Last year, Vietnam arrested at least 45 activists and convicted 19 of them with heavy sentences from three to 16 years in prison.
According to a coalition consisting of BPSOS, Defend the Defenders and Civil Rights Defenders and 11 other partners, Vietnam held 165 prisoners of conscience by late November last year. The figure did not include 15 activists Vietnam convicted in December.