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Here are some typical cases reflecting the <br />condition of the victims of land injustice in <br />their class - action petitions in 2011: <br />- Early in December 2011, many <br />victims of injustice in La Nga area of <br />Dong Nai province demonstrated to <br />demand that state officials be ordered <br />to return their land and homestead, or <br />to compensate them appropriately. <br />However, local government used <br />forces, including 113 police agents <br />and cadres in coordination with the <br />La Nga sugar factory, equipped with <br />fire hoses, weapons, batons, tear gas, <br />whips, special vehicles, prison trucks, <br />etc., to suppress, dominate, and <br />disperse them. <br />- On 27 October 2011, numerous <br />faithful, priests, and members of the <br />Thai Ha parish assembled in front of <br />the Dong Da district people's <br />committee office in Hanoi to submit <br />their request for the return to the <br />Redemptorist monastery land that has <br />long been unjustly occupied by the <br />government. <br />- On 10 May 2011, about 50 victims of <br />land injustice from Tien Giang <br />province continued their <br />demonstration outside the Ben Thanh <br />market in Saigon to demand the <br />return of their land and homes as well <br />as the release of Mrs. Tran Thi <br />Hoang, a victim of land injustice <br />apprehended in a previous <br />demonstration. The police brought in <br />trucks to disperse the group and <br />forced demonstrators to be <br />transported back to Tien Giang. <br />- On 27 April 2011, hundreds of <br />people from Hung Yen assembled in <br />front of the National Assembly in <br />central Hanoi to protest the <br />government's confiscation of their <br />land to build the Ecopark urban zone. <br />Vietnam Human Rights Network * Annual Report 2011 <br />Meanwhile, a group of victims of <br />land injustice from Bac Giang <br />province gathered in front of the <br />provincial people's committee to urge <br />for a solution to their land situation. <br />Subsequently, they were detained by <br />the police. <br />- On 21 and 28 February, and on 14 <br />March 2011, numerous victims of <br />land injustice from the provinces of <br />Binh Thuan, Ben Tre, Dong Thap, <br />Can Gio, assembled in front of the <br />Government Inspection Office at 201 <br />Vo Thi Sau Street in Saigon to <br />demonstrate and demand the return <br />of their land and homes taken by <br />force by the authorities. Security <br />forces were called in to suppress and <br />disperse them. <br />27 <br />