CORRESPONDENCE - 85A COMBINED REPORTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN VIETNAM 2012

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People's Court. Prison: Tra Vinh provincial jail. 17. Do Van Thai (Do Van Thai): Born: 1960. Member of the Government of Free Vietnam (Chinh phu Viet Nam Tix Do), arrested on 2/28/2000, sentenced to 18 years in prison under Article 84 & 79 on "Terrorism to oppose the people's administration" and "activities aimed at overthrowing the people's administration" on 5/29/2001; currently imprisoned at camp 2 Xuan Loc, Dong Nai Province. 18. Doan Dinh Nam (Doan Dinh Nam): Born: 1951. Member of "H6i dong cling luat cong an Bia Son" in Phu Yen province. Arrested 2/6/2012, accused of "Abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the State" under Article 258 of the Vietnamese Penal code. Prison: Detention center in Phu Yen province. 19. Doan Huy Chuong (Doan Huy Chuang aka Nguyen Tan HOanh): Born: 1985. One of the founding members of the United Workers- Farmers Organization (UWFO), an unapproved union working on behalf of farmers whose land has been taken by the government for development. Chuong was arrested in 10/2006 and sentenced to 18 months in jail in 2007. He was rearrested on 02/13/2010, convicted under Article 89 on "disrupting security" and sentenced to 7 years in prison on 10/27/2010 by Tra Vinh provincial court for instigating labor strikes and distributing anti - government leaflets. Prison: Tra Vinh provincial jail. 20. Doan Van Cu (Doan Van Cu): Born: 1961. Member of "H6i dong cling luat cling an Bia Son" in Phu Yen province. Arrested 2/10/2012, accused of "Abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the State" under Article 258 of the Vietnamese Penal code. Prison: Detention center in Phu Yen province. 21. Duong An ( Duong Au): Born: 1955. Land rights activist, member of the Vietnam Populist Party (Dang Vi Ddn), arrested on August 26, 2009 at the Vietnam- Cambodia borders, sentenced to 5 years in prison and 5 years of house arrest for violating Article 91 of the 1999 Penal code on "Fleeing abroad or defecting to stay overseas with a view to opposing the people' administration ". Prison: Section K -2 of Xuan -Loc Camp in Dong -Nai Province. Au had served two years' imprisonment prior to current term. 22. Duong Kim Khai ( Duong Kim Khai): Born: 1958 . Pastor of the Cow Shed Mennonite home church and a land rights activist, member of the Vietnam Reform Party (Dang Viet Tdn), was detained 8/10/2010, sentenced to 5 years' imprison and 5 years of house arrest under Article 79 on "activities aimed at overthrowing the people's administration" on 5/30/2011. Prison: Ben Tre provincial jail. 23. Duong Thi Tron ( Duong Thi Tron): Born: 1947. A Hoa -Hao Buddhist activist, arrested on 10/02/2006. In the same trial at Dong Thap on 05/03/2007, she was convicted with 1st sentence of 4 years in prison for "Disrupting security" & "Resisting persons in the performance of their official duties" under Article 245 & 257 of the Vietnamese Penal code, and with 2nd sentence of 5 years in prison for her connection to Mrs. Nguyen Thi Thu who set herself on fire (suicided) 2001 in Can Tho province for protesting religious oppression of government; total 9 years' imprisonment. Prison: Z30, Xuan Loc, Dong Nai. 24. H Thuy Ya (H Thuy Ya) Born: 1962. The minority ethnic group, an Evangelist follower, arrested 2008, sentenced to 5 years' imprisonment under Article 87 of the Vietnamese Penal Code on "undermining the unity policy" in 2008. Prison: Ba Sao, Phu Ly, Ha Nam. Vietnam Human Rights Network * Annual Report 2011 36