Release of Democracy Activist Tran Khai Thanh Thuy
Calling For The Release of Democracy Activist Tran Khai Thanh Thuy
July 11, 2010
Dear President Obama,
Dear Representative Olson ,
Dear Senator Cornyn,
Dear Senator Hutchison,
The Honorable Barack Obama
The President Of The United States Of America
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
We are writing on behalf of all citizens concerned about Mrs Tran Khai Thanh Thuy, who was reportedly the victim of an assault at the hands of police agents, and that the photograph used as evidence against her has been doctored.
Tran Khai Thanh Thuy is a novelist and journalist, member of banned pro-democracy group Bloc 8406, and an honorary member of English PEN, which works to promote literature and human rights. In 2007 Tran Khai Thanh Thuy received the Human Rights Watch Hellman/Hammett Award.
In October 2006 she was publicly denounced and humiliated during a trial in the ?People?s Court? organized by the authorities. She and her family are subject to police surveillance and ongoing harassment ? for example, her home has been attacked by thugs, allegedly hired by the police, and she and her family have received threatening phone calls.
The arrest, imprisonment and harassment of Tran Khai Thanh Thuy is directly related to her work in the defense of human rights in Vietnam. This as part of a pattern of ongoing harassment against Mrs Tran Khai Thanh Thuy as a human rights defender. Tran Khai Thanh Thuy suffers from diabetes and advanced tuberculosis, and was refused adequate medical care during her previous time in prison. We are seriously concerned for the physical and psychological integrity of Tran Khai Thanh Thuy.
United States Senator Barbara Boxer and Congresswomen Loretta Sanchez and Zoe Lofgren have written a letter to President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Nguyen Minh Triet on January 28, 2010, requesting her release.
We believe that political suppression cannot continue to be upheld in Vietnam should Vietnam want to continue enjoying Permanent Normal Trade Relations with the United States and of being exempt from the Country of Particular Concern designation.
Therefore, we respectfully request you and your administration to intervene. Mrs Tran Khai Thanh Thuy, like any citizen of the world, is entitled to basic human rights. Please urge the Vietnamese government to release Mrs Tran Khai Thanh Thuy immediately and unconditionally.
Respectfully Yours,
Thien-Thanh Pham
lotus95035@gmail.com
And
The Undersigned
cc:
The Honorable Nguyen Minh Triet, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; The Honorable Barbara Boxer, United States Senator; The Honorable Loretta Sanchez, United States Congress-member; The Honorable Zoe Lofgren, United States Congress-member; The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton, United States Secretary of State; The Honorable Le Cong Phung, Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Dear President Obama,
Dear Representative Olson ,
Dear Senator Cornyn,
Dear Senator Hutchison,
The Honorable Barack Obama
The President Of The United States Of America
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
We are writing on behalf of all citizens concerned about Mrs Tran Khai Thanh Thuy, who was reportedly the victim of an assault at the hands of police agents, and that the photograph used as evidence against her has been doctored.
Tran Khai Thanh Thuy is a novelist and journalist, member of banned pro-democracy group Bloc 8406, and an honorary member of English PEN, which works to promote literature and human rights. In 2007 Tran Khai Thanh Thuy received the Human Rights Watch Hellman/Hammett Award.
In October 2006 she was publicly denounced and humiliated during a trial in the ?People?s Court? organized by the authorities. She and her family are subject to police surveillance and ongoing harassment ? for example, her home has been attacked by thugs, allegedly hired by the police, and she and her family have received threatening phone calls.
The arrest, imprisonment and harassment of Tran Khai Thanh Thuy is directly related to her work in the defense of human rights in Vietnam. This as part of a pattern of ongoing harassment against Mrs Tran Khai Thanh Thuy as a human rights defender. Tran Khai Thanh Thuy suffers from diabetes and advanced tuberculosis, and was refused adequate medical care during her previous time in prison. We are seriously concerned for the physical and psychological integrity of Tran Khai Thanh Thuy.
United States Senator Barbara Boxer and Congresswomen Loretta Sanchez and Zoe Lofgren have written a letter to President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Nguyen Minh Triet on January 28, 2010, requesting her release.
We believe that political suppression cannot continue to be upheld in Vietnam should Vietnam want to continue enjoying Permanent Normal Trade Relations with the United States and of being exempt from the Country of Particular Concern designation.
Therefore, we respectfully request you and your administration to intervene. Mrs Tran Khai Thanh Thuy, like any citizen of the world, is entitled to basic human rights. Please urge the Vietnamese government to release Mrs Tran Khai Thanh Thuy immediately and unconditionally.
Respectfully Yours,
Thien-Thanh Pham
lotus95035@gmail.com
And
The Undersigned
cc:
The Honorable Nguyen Minh Triet, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; The Honorable Barbara Boxer, United States Senator; The Honorable Loretta Sanchez, United States Congress-member; The Honorable Zoe Lofgren, United States Congress-member; The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton, United States Secretary of State; The Honorable Le Cong Phung, Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
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