Vietnam: Government loyalists in HCM city brutally assault activist Le My Hanh
Event- Country
- Viet Nam
- Initial Date
- May 2, 2017
- Event Description
On 2 May 2017, in Ho Chi Minh City, a group of ten government loyalists brutally attacked Le My Hanh, a female environmental activist from Hanoi for her activities which aim to promote multi-party democracy, human rights and environmental protection. The attackers, who included women, broke in the private residence of Hanh's friend, using tear gas to assault Hanh and her friend and brutally beating them. The attackers filmed their actions and later posted videos on their Facebook accounts. This is the second attack against Hanh within one month. On April 5, she and blogger Trinh Dinh Hoa were brutally beaten by Hanoi-based government loyalists in Ho Tay (West Lake) as they were broadcasting a Facebook live stream about the environmental disaster caused by the Taiwanese Formosa steel plant in the central coastal region in April 2016. One day later, independent civil organizations and hundreds of local activists jointly signed a petition to Vietnam's authorities to demand a thorough investigation into the case to hold perpetrators to account.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Woman
- Violation
- Intimidation and Threats
- Raid
- Sexual Violence
- Violence (physical)
- Rights Concerned
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- Right to liberty and security
- Right to political participation
- HRD
- Environmental rights defender
- Pro-democracy defender
- WHRD
- Perpetrator-Non-State
- Non-state
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 10.823098899999993
Longitude: 106.62966379999999
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 2 May 2017, in Ho Chi Minh City, a group of ten government loyalists brutally attacked Le My Hanh, a female environmental activist from Hanoi for her activities which aim to promote multi-party democracy, human rights and environmental protection.