By Vu Quoc Ngu | Jan 22, 2015
Vietnam has showed no progress in human rights protection as local authorities continue to hire mobs to attack religious clerks and social activists, said Hanoi-based observers.
Last Sunday afternoon, Mennonite Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang and his assistant were beaten by unknown assailants near Ho Chi Minh City-based Bible college, according to foreign media.
Due to the attack, Mr. Quang suffered a broken nose, broken ribs, facial injuries including injuries to his teeth and jaw. It is unclear whether he suffered internal injuries, but he is in severe pain and has been vomiting during his time in the hospital.
Mr. Quang, who has fought for religious freedom and human rights in Vietnam, has suffered continual persecution and harassment from Vietnamese authorities over the years, and government officials have demolished his church and Bible college buildings.
Meanwhile, a group of 13 social activists reported that they were attacked by policemen and detained in police station on Wednesday [Jan 21] after visiting political dissident Tran Anh Kim in the northern province of Thai Binh, who recently competed his 66-month imprisonment.
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Giang, 80, one of the victims, said the reason is just because they visited Kim, who is still under probation.
The victims reported that they were attacked by mobs in presence of local policemen, however, police took no action to protect citizens. Due to the attack, some activists suffered bruises and other injuries.
Even police detained the group for seven hours in police station, demanding them to confess they broke the law by visiting Mr. Kim, who was jailed for anti-state propaganda.
In December last year, the New York-based Human Rights Watch accused Vietnam of using mobs to attack human rights defenders in many places in the country.
Vietnam is a communist nation. In 2013, the country was selected to be member of the UN Human Rights Council for the 2014-2016 period.
The EU raised issues relating to freedom of expression and the media in the 4th round of the Dialogue on Human Rights in Brussels on Jan 19 in the spirit of the EU-Vietnam Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) signed in June 2012.
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January 22, 2015
Vietnam Continues to Suppress Activists, Showing No Progress in Human Rights
by Nhan Quyen • Nguyen Hong Quang (MS Binh Duong)
Due to the attack, Mr. Quang suffered a broken nose, broken ribs, facial injuries including injuries to his teeth and jaw. It is unclear whether he suffered internal injuries, but he is in severe pain and has been vomiting during his time in the hospital.
By Vu Quoc Ngu | Jan 22, 2015
Vietnam has showed no progress in human rights protection as local authorities continue to hire mobs to attack religious clerks and social activists, said Hanoi-based observers.
Last Sunday afternoon, Mennonite Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang and his assistant were beaten by unknown assailants near Ho Chi Minh City-based Bible college, according to foreign media.
Due to the attack, Mr. Quang suffered a broken nose, broken ribs, facial injuries including injuries to his teeth and jaw. It is unclear whether he suffered internal injuries, but he is in severe pain and has been vomiting during his time in the hospital.
Mr. Quang, who has fought for religious freedom and human rights in Vietnam, has suffered continual persecution and harassment from Vietnamese authorities over the years, and government officials have demolished his church and Bible college buildings.
Meanwhile, a group of 13 social activists reported that they were attacked by policemen and detained in police station on Wednesday [Jan 21] after visiting political dissident Tran Anh Kim in the northern province of Thai Binh, who recently competed his 66-month imprisonment.
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Giang, 80, one of the victims, said the reason is just because they visited Kim, who is still under probation.
The victims reported that they were attacked by mobs in presence of local policemen, however, police took no action to protect citizens. Due to the attack, some activists suffered bruises and other injuries.
Even police detained the group for seven hours in police station, demanding them to confess they broke the law by visiting Mr. Kim, who was jailed for anti-state propaganda.
In December last year, the New York-based Human Rights Watch accused Vietnam of using mobs to attack human rights defenders in many places in the country.
Vietnam is a communist nation. In 2013, the country was selected to be member of the UN Human Rights Council for the 2014-2016 period.
The EU raised issues relating to freedom of expression and the media in the 4th round of the Dialogue on Human Rights in Brussels on Jan 19 in the spirit of the EU-Vietnam Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) signed in June 2012.