Forum Vietnam 21
September 27th 2012
To
Dr. Guido Westerwelle
Federal Foreign Minister
Federal Congressman
The Federal Foreign
Office
11013 Berlin
Dear Mister Minister,
In his recent state
visit to VN, Mr Rösler, the Federal Economy Minister, has made official
suggestions and requests for democratization as well as voiced his intervention
for the release of political prisoners, something that got a very warm
approval by all Vietnamese in VN and abroad. But as soon as he left VN, on Sep.
24, 2012, the Hanoi Regime proceeded to convict three Bloggers with extremely
harsh sentences from 4 to 12 years of jail imprisonment, followed by house
arrest, for the so-called crime of "anti-government propaganda".
The three convicted
Bloggers Nguyen Van Hai (Dieu Cay), Ta Phong Tan and Phan Thanh Hai (Anh Ba
Saigon), were accused of acts of anti-regime propaganda by posting their
opinions on the website of "club of free journalists".
The convicted Bloggers
actually have done nothing else than exerting their right of Freedom of
Expression within the legal framework of Vietnam's Law. Blogger Dieu Cay, whose
named was mentioned, back in May, in President Obama's statement concerning
freedom of press in VN, has made it clear that he was not at all against the
regime, but rather, sought only to voice his discontent at injustice,
corruption and dictatorship. Another Blogger, Mrs. Ta Phong Tan, an ex-police
Officer, revealed warning signs of corruption within forces of state police.
The harsh sentencing of
the Bloggers only indicated the Hanoi Regime elected to expressly show a
disrespect for the Federal Deputy Prime Minister by simply disregarding all
warnings and requests by Mr. Rösler. It's an on-purpose challenge to the whole
world. With that move, Vietnam showed itself to be nothing else than a
totalitarian, inhuman, police state !
Beside HR-related
organizations like the Human Right Watch and Amnesty International, either
through their Embassy in Hanoi or the representative office, the US as well as
the EU, have vehemently called for an immediate release of all Bloggers. Dear
Dr. Westerwelle, we highly recommend, and appreciate it, if you and the
federal government of Germany speak up to demand an immediate release of the
Bloggers, and at the same time, urge the Socialist Repubic Vietnam government
to show respect for the international Declaration on Human Right, as well
as to comply to Art. 19 in the Intenational Convention concerning civic and
political Right-Of-Expression, of which Vietnam has also its joining signature.
Thank you very much for
your attention.
With
kind regards
Dr. Hong-An Duong
Forum Vietnam 21
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