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| Dustin Roasa and Nguyễn Thu Trâm |
Today posted two significant articles written by Dustin Roasa, a Western journalist based in Southeast Asia whose focus is on human rights struggles for freedom within the region. In the latest development, he met up with two pro-democracy activists in Vietnam, Nguyen Ngoc Quang and Nguyen Thu Tram. Little did they know that a short meeting with a foreign journalist will then place their lives at risk from the Communist regime and caused them to be displaced from their homes.
Thu Tram is dissident writer hailing from the town of Thu Dau Mot, Binh Duong Province. After joining Bloc 8406 in 2007 and being an author of a host of writing accusing the Communist regime of corruption and illegal land seizure, she was quickly harassed by plainclothes police who orchestrated various deliberate “accidents” to cause bodily harm to her. On Feb 28th 2010, the Communist Police, on a case of mistaken identity, raided her home and arrested her sister and her uncle even though there was no evidence suggesting that they were engaged in any sort of illicit activities (they couldn’t find any dissident writing at Tram’s house). The charges for apprehension was “obstruction of justice” and then later “anti-government activities”. Any visitation rights were subsequently denied.
On March 5 2010, she left her temporary lodging. When she arrived home, she soon discovered that all of documentation at her home had been taken along with a laptop she owned. Her apartment had been raided by the authorities. Huynh Buu Hiep, working for the he local police station , Le Phu Van, head of the neighborhood association, and Le Hoang Canh, Thu Dau Mot’s chief police officer, were among those identified as breaking into her apartment. (Source: Blog Tu Do Ngon Luan – “Freedom of Speech”.)
To find out more about the events leading up to their final days in Vietnam, please follow thislink to Guardian.
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October 26, 2011 by
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