Dân Làm Báo vừa nhận được bản lên tiếng từ bà Cathy
McCann thuộc Ủy ban Những Nhà Văn bị Cầm Tù của Trung Tâm Văn Bút Quốc
Tế - International PEN về tình trạng của anh Điếu Cày - Nguyễn Văn Hải.
Xin gửi đến các bạn đọc.
(danlambao lược dịch)
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Thể hiện sự quan tâm về những báo cáo chưa được xác nhận là ông Nguyễn
Văn Hải đã bị mất một cánh tay hoặc bàn tay ở trong tù, và kêu gọi khi
các nhà chức trách cung cấp đầy đủ chi tiết về điều kiện của ông Nguyễn
Văn Hải như là một vấn đề cấp bách, đồng thời cho phép ông được tiếp xúc
với gia đình, đại diện pháp lý và điều trị y tế.
• Cực lực phản đối việc bắt giam ông Nguyễn Văn Hải và kêu gọi trả tự do ngay lập tức và vô điều kiện cho ông theo Công ước Quốc tế về Quyền Dân Sự và Chính Trị (ICCPR) mà Việt Nam là một bên ký kết, và trên cơ sở nhân đạo.
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RAPID ACTION NETWORK
27 July 2011
RAN 39/11
VIETNAM: Blogger Nguyen Van Hai reportedly critically injured in prison; concerns for safety.
The
Writers in Prison Committee of PEN International is alarmed at
unconfirmed reports that journalist and blogger Nguyen Van Hai (aka Dieu
Cay) has lost a hand in prison. PEN calls upon the authorities to
provide full details of the incident and Nguyen Van Hai’s condition as a
matter of urgency, and to allow him immediate access to family visits,
legal representation and medical treatment. PEN protests the continued
detention of Nguyen Van Hai in the strongest possible terms, and calls
for his immediate and unconditional release in accordance with the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) to which
Vietnam is a signatory, and on humanitarian grounds.
According
to PEN’s information, on 5 July 2011, when Nguyen Van Hai’s wife
attempted to bring food and medication to her husband in prison, she was
again denied access to him as she has been for the past ten months. She
was then told by a prison security guard that he had lost an arm or a
hand in prison (the Vietnamese word "tay" can mean either "arm" or "hand").
No further details were given about his condition or how and when the
accident happened, and the report has not been officially confirmed.
Nguyen Van Hai should have been released on 20 October 2010 on
completion of a two-and-a-half year sentence. However, on 18 October
2010 he was reportedly transferred to a Public Security detention camp
in Ho Chi Minh city, apparently on charges
of ‘Conducting propaganda against the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam’
under Article 88 of the Criminal Code. The charges are said to be based
on his online writings for the Free Journalist Network in Viet Nam, published prior to his arrest in 2008.
He has been held incommunicado, without access to family visits,
letters or medical and food supplies since 18 October 2010. Concerns for
his welfare are acute.
Nguyen Van Hai (aka
Nguyen Hoang Hai/Dieu Cay), independent journalist and blogger, was
arrested on 19 April 2008 and sentenced on 10 September 2008 to two and a
half years-imprisonment by the Vietnamese People's Court at Ho Chi Minh
city for alleged tax fraud, although he is widely believed to be
targeted for his criticism of Vietnamese government policy. He has
reportedly been subject to torture, ill-treatment and hard labour in
prison. He is known for his critical internet postings calling for
greater democracy and human rights in Vietnam and
his participation in protests against Chinese foreign policy. Dieu Cay
was one of the founding members of the Club of Free Journalists (Cau Lac
Bo Nha Bao Tu Do) in 2006. He is a recipient of the 2009 Hellman Hammet Award.
Please send appeals:
- Expressing alarm at unconfirmed reports that Nguyen Van Hai has lost an arm or hand in prison, and calling upon the authorities to provide full details about Nguyen Van Hai’s condition as a matter of urgency, and to allow him full access to family visits, legal representation and medical treatment.
- protesting the continued detention of Nguyen Van Hai in the strongest possible terms, and calling for his immediate and unconditional release in accordance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) to which Vietnam is a signatory, and on humanitarian grounds.
Appeals to be sent to:
His Excellency Nguyên Minh Triêt
President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
C/o Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Hanoi
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Please
note that there are no fax numbers available for the Vietnamese
authorities, so you may wish to ask the diplomatic representative for Vietnam in your country to forward your appeals. It would also be advantageous to ask your country’s diplomatic representatives in Vietnam to intervene in the case.
For some Vietnamese embassies in the world:
***Please send appeals immediately. Check with PEN International if sending appeals after 31 August 2011. ***
For
further information please contact Cathy McCann at International PEN
Writers in Prison Committee, Brownlow House, 50/51 High Holborn, London
WC1V 6ER, Tel.+ 44 (0) 20 7405 0338, Fax: +44 (0) 20 7405 0339, email: cathy.mccann@pen-internationalpen.org
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