Auswärtiges
Amt / Federal Foreign Office 11013 Berlin
Stuttgart,
27.12.2012
Dear Mr
Loening,
First of
all, we would like to express our deepest gratitude for your commitment in the
cause of Human Rights in many countries as well as recently in VN.
Whereas
many European politicians (among them German, too) used to keep an interest in
economic issues before the Human Rights issues, thus avoided all criticism as
to Human Rights violations when dealing with leaders of totalitarian regimes,
you have in your case expressed very clearly the demand for a release of
political prisoners and for the lifting of press censorship. The circles of
Human Rights activists, both in VN and overseas, owe you so much of
thankfulness as well as a tremendous recognition for your courageous
intervention.
Also, in VN
you must have witnessed, firsthand, how the Vietnamese Government mistreated
and tramped upon all the citizens' civic rights as stipulated by the United
Nations' Civic Rights Pact, a Pact that VN itself had ratified before.
We also
learned through the Press Release of Federal Foreign Office that you received
no response, at all, for your request to meet with dissidents, or to visit them
in prison.
By that, the Vietnamese Regime showed how they fear a
democratization of the country, and by all means they prevented a dialogue
between you and the dissidents. Even though democracy activists and political
prisoners were not allowed to meet with you, please be assured that the words
you expressed for Freedom and Human Rights will reach them even in the remotest
prison cells ...
The concern for their fate, as voiced by you, are a comfort, a
recognition, even an encouragement for their struggle for Democracy, Freedom
and Justice in VN.
At the
present hour there are, again, new violations of Human Rights in Vietnam.
According to a report by BBC on 27-12-2012, the well-known lawyer Le Quoc-Quan
was arrested for the alleged crime of tax evasion.
Due to his commitment to
democracy and pluralism he has been harassed constantly since 2007. After a
five-month study in the US on a Reagan-Fascell Democracy scholarship, Le
Quoc-Quan was arrested upon his return to Vietnam in 2007on suspicion of
engaging in ‘activities to overthrow the regime’.
He was finally released after
100 days in prison, but no longer permitted to leave Vietnam.
For the
upcoming year of 2013 we would like to wish you all the best of Health and
Success in your engagement in the cause of Human Rights & Humanitarian
Help.
Sincerely yours.
Dr. Hong An Duong
Forum Vietnam 21 (Stuttgart in Germany)
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