Front Line Defenders
12 July 2013
On 8 July 2013, the Vietnamese authorities decided to postpone the trial of Le Quoc Quan indefinitely. The trial was supposed to be held at the People’s Court of Hanoi on 9 July 2013. The explanation given was that the judge was not feeling well. Under Vietnamese law, a postponed trial has to held within 30 days after the postponed date. In some circumstances, the postponement can be extended to a maximum of 45 days.
Le Quoc Quan is a prominent lawyer, blogger and human rights defender. He has a long history of being targeted by the Vietnamese authorities in retaliation for his work as a human rights defender.
As a lawyer, he represented many victims of human rights violations, but was disbarred in 2007 on suspicion of engaging in “activities to overthrow the regime”. In addition to his work providing legal representation, Le Quoc Quan runs a blog where he writes about various issues including civil rights, political pluralism and religious freedom.
The postponement was announced a few days after a joint public letter sent on 4 July by Front Line Defenders and 11 other human rights organisations to the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Ms Catherine Ashton, urging her to pay special attention to the upcoming trial of Le Quoc Quan.
Le Quoc Quan was arrested in 27 December 2012, on trumped up allegations of tax evasion. He held incommunicado for the first two months and is currently imprisoned ahead of his trial which had been expected to take place in the People’s Court of Hanoi on 9 July 2013.
For more information, please see other recent appeals which Front Line Defenders has sent out on Le Quoc Quan, including a joint letter sent to US Secretary of State John Kerry on 18 June 2013, a joint press statement calling for the human rights defender’s release and an urgent appeal sent out on 23 August 2012.
Source: Front Line Defenders
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July 16, 2013
Vietnam: Update – Trial of human rights defender Mr Le Quoc Quan postponed indefinitely
by Nhan Quyen • Le Quoc Quan
Front Line Defenders
12 July 2013
On 8 July 2013, the Vietnamese authorities decided to postpone the trial of Le Quoc Quan indefinitely. The trial was supposed to be held at the People’s Court of Hanoi on 9 July 2013. The explanation given was that the judge was not feeling well. Under Vietnamese law, a postponed trial has to held within 30 days after the postponed date. In some circumstances, the postponement can be extended to a maximum of 45 days.
Le Quoc Quan is a prominent lawyer, blogger and human rights defender. He has a long history of being targeted by the Vietnamese authorities in retaliation for his work as a human rights defender.
As a lawyer, he represented many victims of human rights violations, but was disbarred in 2007 on suspicion of engaging in “activities to overthrow the regime”. In addition to his work providing legal representation, Le Quoc Quan runs a blog where he writes about various issues including civil rights, political pluralism and religious freedom.
The postponement was announced a few days after a joint public letter sent on 4 July by Front Line Defenders and 11 other human rights organisations to the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Ms Catherine Ashton, urging her to pay special attention to the upcoming trial of Le Quoc Quan.
Le Quoc Quan was arrested in 27 December 2012, on trumped up allegations of tax evasion. He held incommunicado for the first two months and is currently imprisoned ahead of his trial which had been expected to take place in the People’s Court of Hanoi on 9 July 2013.
For more information, please see other recent appeals which Front Line Defenders has sent out on Le Quoc Quan, including a joint letter sent to US Secretary of State John Kerry on 18 June 2013, a joint press statement calling for the human rights defender’s release and an urgent appeal sent out on 23 August 2012.
Source: Front Line Defenders
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