Vietnam: Prisoner of Conscience Tran Thuy Nga Held in Gia Trung, Denied of Meeting with Family
Event- Country
- Viet Nam
- Initial Date
- Mar 21, 2018
- Event Description
Prisoner of Conscience Tran Thuy Nga Held in Gia Trung, Denied of Meeting with Family Defend the Defenders: Vietnam's authorities had transferred prisoner of conscience Tran Thi Nga to Gia Trung camp in the Central Highlands province of Gia Trung, not in Dak Trung camp in the neighboring province of Dak Lak, as they informed the family last month. Earlier this week, Mr. Phan Van Phong, the father of Ms. Nga's two kids, and her children went to Dak Trung camp to visit her but they were told that this facility does not hold Ms. Nga nor other political prisoners. The family was advised to seek for her in Gia Trung camp. When the family went to Gia Trung camp, its authorities informed them that Nga is held there but not allowed to meet with her family because she had not cooperated with them. Ms. Nga has denied to confess for wrongdoings and refused to wear clothes with word Criminal, the camp's authorities said. Mr. Phong and the kids passed distance of over 1,200 km without being permitted to meet with her. It is worth noting that in February, authorities in Ha Nam where Ms. Nga has lived before being arrest, transferred her to the Central Highlands without informing her family. Earlier this week, Vietnam's authorities also transferred human rights activist Nguyen Van Oai to Gia Trung camp, which is known as one of camps under the authority of the Ministry of Public Security with severe conditions for prisoners. After convicted in trials which fail to meet international standards for fair trial, prisoners of conscience have been transferred in camps which are far from their families in a bid to cause troubles for their famil�_e' visits. By that, Vietnam's authorities want to break their strong spirit.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Woman
- Violation
- Enactment of repressive legislation and policies
- Judicial Harassment
- Rights Concerned
- Right to information
- HRD
- WHRD
- Perpetrator-State
- Government
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 14.058323999999992
Longitude: 108.277199
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On March 31 2018, Tran Thi Nga, prisoner of conscience was denied from meeting his family.