Viet Nam
09.04.18
Urgent Interventions
Arbitrary detention and sentencing of six members of Brotherhood for Democracy
VNM 001 / 0418 / OBS 041
Arbitrary detention /Judicial harassment / SentenceViet NamApril 9, 2018 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Viet Nam. Description of the situation:
· Mr. Tran Dai Quang, President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, Email:banbientap@trandaiquang.net· Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Prime Minister of Viet Nam, Email: banbientap@nguyenxuanphuc.org· Mr. Pham Binh Minh, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Viet Nam; Fax: 84-4-38231872 – 84-4-37992682, Email: bc.mfa@mofa.gov.vn· Mr. Le Vinh Tan, Minister of Home Affairs of Viet Nam, Fax: 84-4-39781005· Mr. Le Thanh Long, Minister of Justice of Viet Nam, Fax: 84-4-38431431· Mr. To Lam, Minister of Public Security of Viet Nam, Fax: 84-4-9420223· Mr. Mai Tien Dung, Minister, Office of the Government (OOG), Viet Nam; Fax: 84-4-80 44130· Mr. Chi Dung Duong, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Viet Nam to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland; Fax: +41 (0) 22-798 07 24; Email:info@vnmission-ge.gov.vn· Mr. Vuong Thua Phong, Ambassador, Embassy of Viet Nam in Brussels, Belgium. Fax : +32 (0)2 374 93 76; Email: vnemb.brussels@skynet.be - unescochau@yahoo.com Please also write to the embassies of Viet Nam in your respective country. ***Paris-Geneva, April 9, 2018 Kindly inform us of any action undertaken quoting the code of this appeal in your reply. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (the Observatory) was created in 1997 by FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT). The objective of this programme is to intervene to prevent or remedy situations of repression against human rights defenders. FIDH and OMCT are both members of ProtectDefenders.eu , the European Union Human Rights Defenders Mechanism implemented by international civil society. To contact the Observatory, call the emergency line:· E-mail: Appeals@fidh-omct.org· Tel and fax FIDH + 33 (0) 1 43 55 25 18 / +33 1 43 55 18 80· Tel and fax OMCT + 41 (0) 22 809 49 39 / + 41 22 809 49 29
[1] Brotherhood for Democracy is an independent civil society organisation that promotes human rights through online actions and coordinates the efforts of various pro-democracy actors in the country.[2] On April 6, 2016, sea life began washing up on the beaches of Hà Tĩnh province near a steel plant being developed by Taiwan’s Formosa Plastics Corp as it discharged toxic industrial waste illegally into the ocean through drainage pipes. Within weeks, more than 200 km of coast had been contaminated. [3] See Observatory Urgent Appeal VNM 001/1215/OBS 110, published on December 18, 2015 as well as Joint Press Release, April 3, 2018.[4] See UNWGAD Opinion No. 26/2017 concerning Nguyen Van Dai (Viet Nam) adopted on June 8, 2017.