VIETNAMESE COMMUNIST AUTHORITIES SCORNS INTERNATIONAL LAW

*March, 08, 2010*

*HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELISABETH II*

*QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM*

*BEURKING PALACE*

*LONDON – ENGLAND SW 1A 1AA (UNITED KINGDOM)*

*Email : webeditor@royal.gsx.gov.uk*

*Tél. (+44) (0) 20 7930 4832*

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*Mrs.  GORDON BROWN*

*Prime Minister of the United Kingdom*

*10 DOWNING ST*

*LONDON, ENGLAND (UNITED KINGDOM)*

*Email : donotreply@number10.gov.uk*

*We would like to thank you for kindly intervening again with the Vietnamese

authorities, following our request for the prompt release of the people

struggling for human rights, freedom, democracy and territorial integrity of

Vietnam who have been imprisoned.*

*Unfortunately, and despite your intervention, the Vietnamese communist

authorities continue to violate the freedom of expression and the religious

freedom ... They continue to persecute numbers of people, putting in jail

innocent people whose only crime is to fight for the respect of human

rights, for freedom, democracy and the territorial integrity of Vietnam.

Vietnamese courts do not content themselves with house arrest but apply

their own arbitrary rule, condemning these people to harsh prison sentences

(2 to 16 years). These detainees include:*

*- Reverend Father NGUYEN Van Ly, seriously ill (a 1st stroke in May 2009

and a 2nd stroke on 14.11.2009), Venerable THICH QUANG DO, Pastor NGUYEN

Cong Chinh (severely beaten of late by supporters of the Vietnamese regime),

Lawyer LE Thi Cong Nhan (suffering from asthma and serious eye infections),

Lawyer NGUYEN Van Dai, Lawyer LE Cong Dinh, Poet & Writer TRAN Khai Thanh

Thuy (suffering from severe diabetes), Commander TRAN Anh Kim, Writer NGUYEN

Xuan Nghia, Journalist NGUYEN Hoang Hai, Poet NGUYEN Van Tinh, Poet NGUYEN

Van Tuc, Poet TRAN Duc Thach, Writer NGUYEN Manh Son, Student NGO Quynh,

Writer and Professor VU Hung, Engineer PHAM Van Troi,  Engineer NGUYEN Tien

Trung, Engineer  PHAM Ba Hai, Mrs. PHAM Thanh Nghiem, Mr. NGUYEN Thanh Binh,

Journalist TRUONG Minh Duc, Mrs. NGUYEN Kim Nhan, Mr. LE Thang Long,

Mrs.TRAN Thi Thu, Mrs .LE Thi Thu Thu, Mr. TRAN Huynh Duy Thuc, Mr. LUONG

Van Sinh, Mr. PHAN VAN Sao as well as  intellectuals, journalists, blog

participants, followers of Cao Dai religion, Hoa Hao Buddhists and hundreds

of others. All these people are currently in prison under dreadful conditions

(receiving no care, with hardly any food). *

*The only reasons for their imprisonment are their claims to freedom of

religious practice, freedom of expression, of political opinion and of

protection of territorial integrity.

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*But the Vietnamese communist authorities do not only repress the aspiration

to a democratic regime...

They also target in an increasingly severe mode religions (Catholic,

Buddhist,   Hoa Hao Buddhist, Cao Dai). For example, they have destroyed the

Holy Cross of the Catholic Church and they prohibit Protestants to practice

their religion. By having severely beaten and inflicted cruelties to monks,

Buddhist nuns of the Monastery Bat Nha, Catholics, Protestants and

Buddhists, they have demonstrated their determination and their cruelty.

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*Humiliation, intimidation, arbitrariness (despite the law of Vietnam and

international law) have become the rules in force in Vietnam. The Vietnamese

communist authorities govern the country against the vital interests of the

motherland and the people of Vietnam, and scorn international law.

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*The international community, the United Nations, the European Parliament,

political representatives, institutions for the protection of human rights,

embassies of democratic countries, medias, the Vietnamese residing in their

country and those living abroad, All are very concerned about this situation

of permanent violation of human rights and of religious persecution. The

Vietnamese communist authorities have put in place a dictatorship, with the

domination of a single party, with abuse of power, violence, corruption,

political police, fake cases, constraints and extortions of testimony.

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*In order to stop these acts of oppression, the abuses, the violations of

human rights and the deprivation of religious freedom, we demand that you to

kindly ask the Vietnamese authorities’ scrupulous observance of Vietnamese

and international law:

-  that they respect the Treaties of Geneva and Paris on Vietnam and the

United Nations Charter;

- that they respect human rights, freedom, democracy, pluralism of political

parties, with the introduction of free and general elections supervised by

international bodies;*

*- that they release immediately and unconditionally all those detained

persons struggling for the respect for human rights and the Prisoners of

conscience. Their imprisonment constitutes a grave violation of human

rights, according to Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and

Political Rights that the Vietnamese authorities have yet formally approved

via their signature. Note that these rights are also clearly stated in the

Constitution of Vietnam ...!*

*If the Vietnamese communist authorities were to be recalcitrant and despise

your warnings, then we would be grateful if you could help the Vietnamese

people, taking tough measures against them:

- No longer provide any support 'cash' directly to the communist Vietnamese

authorities, in order to prevent corruption within local authorities or

central Vietnam.*

*- Directly help poor Vietnamese families by delivering the food and

pharmaceutical products (rice, canned goods, medicines, clothes ...) to

embassies, NGOs or social organizations (Buddhist, Catholic, Protestant, Cao

Dai, Hoa Hoa); do not trust any more the central or local

Vietnameseauthorities.

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*- Bring the Vietnamese authorities before the International Criminal Court

in The Hague and / or the Council of Human Rights, the United Nations and /

or the European Parliament, and / or criminal courts of Belgium, Argentina,

and Spain.

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*- Expel the Vietnamese authorities from the United Nations, because they do

not apply strictly the United Nations Charter but also for the genocide and

crimes against humanity that they have not repaired.

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*Relying faithfully on your high understanding and your kind attention, we

convey, HER MAJESTY QUEEN, Mr. PRIME MINISTER,  our deep gratefulness and

our best regards.

Dr LE Thi Le*