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Truth about Religious Freedom that the communist state government of Vietnam has always claims to public opinion at home and abroad have been exposed to light. We are pleased to present the information and images directly related to hostile action, repression and religious policies undermine the communist government of Vietnam to broad public opinion and foreign judgment. The people of the country in general and the Catholic community in particular not out of the shock and sorrow when witnessing the heartbreaking image of a Catholic priest in a remote mountain parishes of the Diocese of Kon Tum was assaulted a very cruel, brutal just because to celebrate the Mass for ethnic minority  to pray and share with the tragic loss that their families are suffering when their relative was died.


The lash of the characteristics of gangsters want to kill Father Lui Luu Quang Hoa, a gentle Father wholeheartedly benevolent care for ethnic minority communities of the Central Highlands has left scars all serious and painful on the Father Luu Quang Hoa makes us all feel extremely angry. In recent times, religious persecution by Vietnam's communist government that extremely heavy especially for the Catholic Church in Vietnam. Series of harassing persecution and insult people's beliefs in a serious way for many parish as the parish of Thai Ha, Hanoi, My Loc parish, My Du parish and mission stations  missionary Con Cuong in  Diocese of Vinh ..... and most recently the harassment Redemptorist Church Ky Dong District 3 TP. Ho Chi Minh when some of securities disguised as the faithful in the Mass operation aims to monitor religious activities and intimidation threaten the spirit of the monks and priests of the church.


All images and information received that the authorities are behind the incident, and policies used to harass and mob smashed in the Catholic Church and Monastery, then the behavior attack the priests or the faithful monks have been active in the field of religion is almost the first choice of the communist state government with the purpose of deceiving the public about domestic and international for their rights violations of religious freedom as well as to run the offense if such despicable evil actions and sinful they cause can lead to a homicide or serious injury to the priest , that monks or lay people. No matter how smart cover matter, all of us also know the authors behind the back no one else than the Party Group and Vietnam's communist government that are sinful other records prohibiting the religious practices of priests from Dak Hring government, based on government policy Religion is an illustration of the most eloquent.


Before the current tragic situation, the parish celebrated Mass in addition to sharing fellowship and prayer for Peace and Justice, pray for the Catholic Church safe in every situation, praying for the victims who is being currently Vietnam's communist government persecuted and imprisoned by the wrong way because keeping their faith, pray for government leaders know clearly and recognize their wrongdoing and stop all behavior, attitudes and actions of their hostility to religion in general and the Catholic Church in particular. In addition, we also asked the leaders of Vietnam Catholic Church needs to speak up strongly for serious violations from the government of a zero-tolerance level. Besides the political expression and essential right of the Church in mobilizing international pressure forced the Communist government of Vietnam to respect human rights including the right to religious freedom people's legitimate. Finally and more necessary is a consensus of the people of Vietnam in general and Catholicism in particular that the people unite as one to stand up for joint efforts to protect lives, property and legal rights of legitimate every religion and every community across the country.





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Kontum: Who conducts the father beat Lui Nguyen Quang Hoa?
Submitted by admin on 02.27.12 7:24 pm

   VRNs (02/27/2012) - Kontum - Story of a priest of the church Vietnam's Central Highlands were beaten in a rubber plantation, en route, made offerings of domestic and international public opinion "hot" a few today. No one spoke is responsible for beating a priest. Since the victims so far is 4 days and then, the wound painful bruises on the body of the priest Luy Nguyen Quang Hoa has left many thinking and feeling sorry for people everywhere.

Things happen very fast, roughly this: "After Mass Father Hoa go buried in the village of Kon Hnong, Hring Dak, Dak Ha district, Kon Tum province to the rubber forests, the national highway 14 about 3 km, he was walking and whispered hymn in the funeral this morning when he heard a car approaching, then suddenly one a sound " bop" in back, pain to whole body. He stunned, not what they react with two consecutive 3 iron square (3 cm square iron) who in turn hit a pouring. His pain that can not be buzzing faster, seemingly falls, three  young men be blocks up the chase, to beat continued. He fell down and put his hands on the cover his head, because fear of death. They have three people, a vehicle, while two people hold two iron bars three consecutive three-hit square in the head, hands, shoulders, back, stomach that left him collapsed beside his motorcycle. They immediately hit it hit a wrist watch, a watch thrown out crushed, pulled his torn wrist line. Repeatedly the evil blows, he saw the blood from his hand and run down the drain in wet clothes. He fled into the forest, they chase the next hit. He ran down a slope, do not feel right, he again ran up the steep, they chase continued. Luckily for him, after he was beaten, bruised but he is still conscious and thinking of the body. He came back, they run it from the bottom up, and saw he was preparing a counterattack, starting them "scary" immediate withdrawal. "beat that is enough." When return to the scene, Father Hoa saw  beaten motorcycle crushed, and the watch they thrown into a nearby lake.



The cause of the incident is unknown and no one has claimed responsibility. Consequently, a priest was beaten, bruised body, a doctor examined him confirmed that he bruised lung.

 Kontum Bishop said: "Until now, the area around Kon Hring Parish is only a ceremony Sunday at the center, or points allowed, the other surrounding villages including social funeral, the government also not allowed to do (contrary to State law Religion has issued about the funeral, anniversary, has the right to do at home). Numerous discussions with the commune, they still disagree. But the Father is made under the Law, this village of Kon Cha Hnong diverse funeral 5 times, this was like this? No one knows the direction? "(Source: giaophankontum.com).



Particularly the people in the area said: "gang" is just from camp on, the young man about age 20, is "nurture" by local government communes. People also said that before acting, they were to an iron door premises nearby to buy cut two bars. Do not know what that reason they beat Father Hoa?!! From the origin to the village of Kon Kon Hring Hnong is 10km, the road from the village of Kon Hnong Highway is 3 km. Thus, people wonder why local government is not poor management to ensure the security of people between daylight. (Source: giaophankontum.com).

About 5 days earlier, a friend priest meet and asked him; "back then, at the Kon H'ring government challenged you as me?"
He replied, "have nothing, the authorities prohibited to celebrate Mass this place , I will go to do in another place, no worry!". And indeed, he was calm, until today when we visited, he remains so, but everyone is feeling worried. It is feared for his part, concern for the lives of priests in the Central Highlands is much more.

Minimum rights of a citizen is to live and be safe on the homeland of their own country. An ordinary citizens were beaten, or are offended for whatever reason then it is a well protected by law, but this is a priest, the security guards must have been of particular interest. State does not respect religious order, the state will not survive!



Now, whole Kontum diocese is the day and night to pray for Father Hoa  recovery soon. But they also pray for the courage they dare to suffer injustice hidden wounds to unity, love and build the church. They also prayed for three young people and the people behind the other cases were brought to light earlier trial, but they dare to pray for their forgiveness for his enemies. Diocese of Kontum was chosen as the true path and make real children of God.

                                                                                                                                   
Father Nguyen Quang Hoa Lui was beaten by religious policies
Submitted by admin on 02.27.12 5:20 pm

   VRNs (02/27/2012) - Kontum - According to a Board, vice president of CPC Dak Hring the ceremony of the priest is against the law! the family of Mr. Anieng and Ms Y Dinh agreed father Lui Nguyen Quang Hoa to celebrate Mass is also against the law! With this conclusion, the authorities based on the Ordinance on Religion - Religion and Decree guiding the implementation of this Ordinance, the religious policies in Vietnam that priests are not be allowed to fulfill their religious duties and even authorities not agree for lay religious practice spirituality within their family.

As VRNs has announced: "As the Father in charge Parish Hring Kon told, the people in the area attacked father Hoa said" three thugs "This just in from prison, about 20 years old, are Social management authorities. People also said that before acting, they were to make a base nearby store to buy 2 iron bars cut. Do not know what that reason they beat Father Hoa?!! From the origin to the village of Kon Kon Hring Hnong is 10km, the road from the village of Kon Hnong Highway is 3 km. People wonder why local government mismanagement that no security for the people in broad daylight? "

Nguyen Quang Hoa Lui father recounted as follows: "After the funeral Mass is finished, I run the motor on, about 11am, these strangers used motorcycle chase, they used two consecutive bars hit in the back and head of father (lucky to have helmets). After falling to the ground, I ran into a rubber plantation were chased and beaten by them in the head, face, hands ... I had to help cover the face and head. "

The two hands of Father Hoa now is bruised and dropped the clock. Father Hoa said continued: "They continue to hit in the stomach. Then they get back on throwing away my watch. "


Bishop Michael Hoang Duc Oanh are viewing the wounds on his back, Father Hoa

It is known that so far around the Parish Hring Kon is only a ceremony Sunday at the center, or points allowed, the other surrounding villages including Social funeral authorities do not allow . This is clearly contrary to the regulations issued on the State funeral, anniversary, has the right to do at home. Numerous government Social exchange, they still disagree. But the Father is made under the Law, this village of Kon Cha Hnong diverse funeral 5 times, this was so. No one knows the direction?

The Masses everywhere as the priest's normal, here is a celebration of the funeral crowd demands the deepest spirit of man, which the government  organized for young thugs attack.

This is contrary to what the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam often justified with the diplomatic corps in Vietnam, countries that always have the right policies on religious freedom, only subordinate to the wrong time. So what in the letter by his vice president if Dak Hring have solid bases of religious policy to current law of Vietnam.

Kontum diocese has nearly 170 years of community presence with the Highland race. Right from the early days of arriving in Kontum, rather then have twinned with Bok Kiom patriarch. Since then, the life in harmony with each other until the products in and make policy with religious division race. Ethnic communities with the missionaries found said progress in tune, despite the threat of action, attacking from the government in many ways.

Kontum diocese of 260,000 Catholics out there, in which lay people who belong to ethnic minorities account for more than 60%.
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The orginal minutes in Vietnamese




The minutes be translated into English



PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE          SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Dak HRING                                   Independence - freedom - happiness
No: 03 / TB-                                         Dak Hring People, 21 May 2012 02


                                  NOTICE


                        Conclusions of the Chairman in his social work
With Church, Village Management Board and head for Front Team Tua village

      On 21/02/2012 at Dak Hring CPC meeting, the Chairman had working with the village chief, Fathers (person in charge of religious affairs of the village), Head for Front and Hamlet Team Tua village leaders (village 4) about the Spirit of Father Nguyen Duc Hoa (Nguyen Quang Hoa) to make unauthorized pastoral village in Sunday morning, on 19/02/2012. Attending the work also the vice president People, Chief of the Police, Justice and Vice President of commune Fatherland Front Committee.

       After hearing the opinions of the Fathers, the front head and village village leaders Tua Team, opinions of the members attending the work, CPC Chairman Chaired the work has concluded as follows:

1.    According to the ordinances of religion, religion of the Standing Committee of 21/2004/PL-UBTVQH11 National Assembly Decree No. 22/2005/ND-CP, dated 01/3/2005 by the government to guide the implementation of some articles of the ordinances of religion, religion and the unity between the bishop
Kontum to Dak Ha district People's Committees of the communes in the district of the Spirit regulations to make entries in the local ministry, the Father Nguyen Duc Hoa to do pastoral in Team Tua village, Dak Hring on to Sunday, on 19.02.2012 is illegal and offenders the Law.

2.   The Fathers Team Tua village and family Mr. A, Ding and Ms Y Ding let Father Nguyen Duc Hoa to make pastoral home on Sunday 19/02/2012 to violate the law.

3.   Commune People's Committee asked the Fathers, for Front chief and village chief, village management units Tua Team is responsible for propaganda and explain to the villagers know and understand ordinance creed, religion, and Decree No. 22/2005/ND-CP 21/2004/PL-UBTVQH11 on 01/3/2005 government on guiding some articles of the ordinances of religion, religious
People know and implement.

      Commune People's Committee of penalties for the violations stated above, if there are repeated according to the law.

      CPC notification to organizations and individuals concerned, perform.


To:                                                          TM. PEOPLE'S SOCIAL COMMITTEE
- Management Board, Church,
 village 4 CHAIRMAN front
- DPC
- Bishop of Kon Tum
- TT-Party Committee of the commune
 People's Council                                                           A BAN
- TT commune Fatherland Front
- Police, Organs of Justice
- Filed:

Police operation in the church during the ceremony!?
Posted by admin 28/02/12 at 12:46 morning

   VRNs (28/02/2012) - Saigon - Initially police only track in the yard, but now come into the church to disguise laity for operation, causing a lack of reverence in the sacred ceremony.

Just a little note, at Mass to pray for justice and peace in the beginning of Lent, at 20 hours, on 26.02.2012, at Redemptorist will easily to know who is the police, who are lay people, although they try to disguise the same parishioners.



While all Catholics are listening Pascal Nguyen Ngoc Province father teaching the language, I heard a whisper, I looked through, there are two policemen, look beyond just a little door there is a police who is intently filming, recording, when seeing there's people shooting, the police took his hand covering the face, I suddenly remembered the police and security monitoring to see that the photographer is turned away, take hand covering face, hide behind others, turn and left.



Recently, to avoid people, the police have more type as took the chair to cover the face ...

After the confession of faith, then this group of people walked out and gathered the church to the end of 6-7 notes.


The police track the church to create the suspicion that religious citizens with religious organizations has lasted many decades. This has serious violation of religious freedom, just spend a lot of taxpayer money.



Prayer for Justice and Peace Saigon Redemptorist has been held in August 2008, but not periodic, but only held in when the communist government attacks religion openly. But since last June 2011, when China cut the cable event of oil and gas exploration on the sea of ​​Vietnam of Vietnam, the Mass to pray for justice and peace have been held periodically at 20 hours , last Sunday of each month.

At 20 hours on 2012 02 26, in the parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Help 38 Ky Dong Street in District 3, Saigon, there were mass prayer for Justice and Peace with the prayer as the spiritual needs for Nhut Nguyen Cong soul, thank God for family and Peter Doan Van Vuong family, pray for the bishops in communion with Vietnam Michael Hoang Duc Oanh Bishop, in communion with fellow Vietnamese in the U.S., Canada, France , Germany.

Mass with the participation of his preaching Pascal Nguyen Ngoc Tinh, along with 10 priests concelebrated with 3,000 parishioners.

As the car tunnel worker said, now praying ceremony for the Justice and Peace Lent more than 2,000 kinds of motorcycle to keep.
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Resolution 4 came out in the context of society and the country of Vietnam is heating up ...

        

     



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Over one thousand delegates including the entire Executive Committee Member of the Communist Party Central
Vietnam XI and all members of the Politburo, Secretariat are in Hanoi today to attend the conference 27-02-2012 3 days on Party building and rectification with unprecedented large scale in the history of Vietnam. This suggests that degenerative condition degenerated immoral and corrupt lifestyle has to alarming levels of the department members in the ranks of the Communist Party of Vietnam, including some senior officials and even the party members currently holds leadership positions in the government led to people becoming lost faith in government and also from the degradation products in the ranks of party ethics and of government raises thousands of thousands of cases of people wrongfully causing burning, and resentment long suppressed in the heart of people's time also broke as the Doan Van Vuon case this is a obvious result.


Resolution 04 was born in the context of current social unrest is an appropriate decision of the General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. Yet public opinion remains skeptical about the feasibility of developing and regulating the ranks of the Party in the present social context is heating up as a series of public opinion to trample, trample on human rights making people lose inhibitions can lead to serious social unrest, then the introduction above resolutions seem to be the solution of his case General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong to reassure and placate public opinion indignation among the public as decision defused in the Tien Lang's recent current of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. The people of the country and international public opinion is still paying attention to all developments in Tien Lang. The incident continues to heat up after the irresponsible remarks of Mr. Nguyen Van Thanh, Secretary of Haiphong, is said to be contrary to the decision of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and protection of wrongdoing all levels of government and strong criticism condemned the justice protection of a number of senior officers retired, including reviews of former President Le Duc Anh and the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Dang Hung Vo.


In fact, despite any decisions, whether and how the resolutions of the matter that they will become useless if not from the heart because real benefits for people and society of the country. Next, any expectation of people have been met or not depends on the application and enforcement of how a resolution from government leaders at all levels. All situations and solutions for fire-fighting policies temporary nature will never be social stability. And can only be temporarily removed fuses in some cases can not permanently remove the fuse of frustration in the hearts of people. This is the focus that the party leaders and the communist state government need to recognize Vietnam and good use in developing and regulating the ranks of the Party at this time. The existence of the regime and maintain the leadership position of the Party will fully depend on whether the government will respond to how the rights and lawful interests of citizens and legitimate in the face country's social scene today.




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Tien Lang and Resolution 4
Even Lam, editor of RFA
2012-02-26

On 16/1/2012, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has issued Resolution Conference 4 th Party Central Committee, XI content on some pressing issues on Party building today.



RFA file / Source phapluat.vn
Mr. Doan Van Vuon and Doan Van Quy.

Just over four months after the enforcement of land in Tien Lang happens that Hai Phong leaders do not pay attention to this Resolution. Mac Lam has all the following information:

While world attention to a progression in the Middle East and North Africa, Vietnam can not lie outside the current time when the internal problems in day and night to promote their rulers from the urgent demands a process of change more strongly when the reform process launched in 1986 has become outdated and nature is more propaganda campaign for a real new blood.

Resolution 4 came out in this context to reform the party system problems latent in the body of a political regime but exclusive but weak rule of law to use the rolled shape the ability and moral disorientation.

Interested persons the chance to put their hope once again to build goodwill as Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong made although this is not the first time the Communist Party of Vietnam to the overall resolution machine.

When coins are worshiped


Mr. Le Van Hien (now suspended from work):
 "At the end of the lease period that the owner
 does not pay compulsory pond" (dated 12/01/2012).
 Source dantonic-online.


The premise of Resolution 4 a fact recognized in the Party is going all the money that had crushed the communist ideal to pursue. This fact will make the party theorists disgruntled people realize but nonetheless this acceptance of the party showed little change meat more decisive than the previous times, Resolution 4 has piece of writing:

"A not small part cadres, Party members, including party members hold positions of leadership and management, including some senior officials, degradation of political ideology, morality and lifestyle with the different manifestations of the fading ideals, fall into the selfish individualism, opportunity, pragmatic, run by fame, money, status ken, local corruption, waste, depending means, unscrupulous ... "

This recognition is not new but made in time to reassure his people, when the trend information world has opened a big door closed no way anymore.

The leaderships of the individuals in charge



CA Director Do Huu Ca of Hai Phong.
 Photo courtesy of An Loc Tran 
/ danlambaovn.blogspot.com.


Resolution 4 also recognizes a sentence "political slogan" this has proved most effective or if there shall have been deviated to the original meaning that the central people want to instill in thought. That was a "collective leadership, individual accountability". Resolution 4 frank acknowledgment of the fact that the defect when the people are that:

"'Collective leadership, individual responsibility,'" in fact in many places fall into the form, by not clearly defined accountability mechanisms, the relationship between collectives and individuals when errors or defects nobody is responsible. "

The leaderships do not fulfill personal obligations led to wild and corrupt the system is hard to deny the implications. Individuals who crept into the corner of the first dense overlapping papers plus the unexplained laws for spoiled exploitation, forced most people plundered land, resources, and implement any other enrichment main. Resolution 4 open doors bring sunlight shed on the tumor that has long classes from local party members to the central abuse turns.

No one can stand outside


Party Central Committee, Party Secretary
 of Hai Phong, Nguyen Van Thanh at a press
 conference on Tuesday for 07/02/2012 Tien Lang.
 Photo courtesy of giaoduc.net.vn.

Resolution 4 has specific responsibility of each member's highest official in the Party and stripped curtains collective leadership in general terms when he writes:

"The Central Executive Committee, Politburo, Secretariat, the Party committee, key staff, especially the central level, the head before and it really exemplary for all levels to follow.

One is, the Politburo, Secretariat, the Central Executive Committee focused review and evaluation to clarify why the limitations, shortcomings pointed out many years but slowly be overcome, there is poor; more complex; to clarify the causes hindrance in leading the implementation of the resolutions of the Party Central Committee building.

Secondly, the Commissioner comrades of the Politburo, Secretariat, Member Central Executive Committee to conduct review and evaluation of contact itself performance of assigned tasks related to some issues urgency mentioned in this resolution, proposed remedies. Focus on clarifying personal responsibility, exemplary implementation of the principle of democratic centralism, collective leadership, individual responsibility, self-criticism and criticism, in parallel with work, examples of ethics, policy live. "

But Tien Lang case occurred less than five months after the birth of Resolution 4 made aware of the party members can not shake. Party efforts have changed, but signs of Hai Phong is using all means to regulate vehicle braking Party that many senior officials to speak to the Hai Phong city are against Resolution openly 4.

Things to do for justice. Right and wrong must be clear, just in law but be popular.
Mr. Pham The Duyet

Mr. Pham The Duyet, former Member of the Standing Standing Politburo who had direct settlement of the Thai Binh in 1997 to the press that Tien Lang also more dangerous than the Thai Binh. He confirmed Resolution 4 is correct as given in the current difficult time:

"This is not the case Tien Lang resolution then it happened. When there is nothing more then its Resolution outbreak out specific things only. Solving the second it was several months ago, not a resolution and its four new Central revealed. Central Resolution 4 shows the accumulation of long but only now revealed, not because of the Central Resolution 4, then it happened.

Not pass it demonstrates that central review of the Resolution 4 is right for the country's broad range of phenomena is not at it revolves around the story of democracy, far from people, bureaucracy, power, corruption stuff.

Things to do for justice. Right and wrong must be clear, just in law but be popular. But just in the legal and moral right to do avoid, any justice is good publicity. Employment must promote democracy around frankly. Brothers have their own opinions. When things were not true then resolve any way can not be right. "

Still have kind people


Mr. Nguyen Su The secretary of municipal
 party Hoi An: "It must do the decent".
 Source www.hoian.vn / Image: Youth.

Under the eyes of most people, the Resolution 4 is hard to change perceptions as well as the work of nearly four million party members present, when the crushed material life of all progressive ideas. However, there is also another fact not less important party members remain free while dealing with state money or property of citizens. One party member with good nature was Mr. Nguyen Su The, Party Secretary of Hoi An, who is considered a pure per son by bloggers, very rare now in a position of Party Secretary.

He told us that his line of work that the people agreed that:

"The most important thing now to make people sympathy and support is not always think of their benefits. Just a guideline, a work that set out the guidelines and the job to find out what people are good, and if people can benefit if you then do not benefit the people even is detrimental to people determined not to do.

Therefore, when an initial population policy if people do not agree, but not convinced until then organize the people see the benefits it brings to them, people will support. It not only support but also voluntarily implementing the policy there. Since such problems should work that Hoi An is often deployed to support people through. "

The most important thing now to make people sympathy and support is not always think of their benefits.
The Party Secretary of Hoi An, Nguyen Su

Compared to Tien Lang, Mr. Nguyen Su Honesty confirmed that he also has the right and the wrong at time, but I worry for the people has helped them overcome the things that others in his position as easy bait, it was the trapping power, he said:

"I have to monitor this case through the media but I do not know what happened in detail how Tien Lang. For our Hoi An things wrong sometimes, irrelevant whether the engine is great, but when deploying the reorganization is not appropriate, our first task is to apologize to the people and also to correct what I did wrong with people. The second problem if the people damaged by their advocates, the state itself to stand out adequate compensation and restoration of all benefits for people.

Hoi An was also the case does not occur to the extent as Tien Lang but we do advocate that communities or individuals affected by or infringe rights advocates think that because they themselves have not to our Now that must be overcome for each people and the communities. Therefore people sympathize because they all decisions, things do not always true. Hoi An we've ever done so and now also have to continue to do so. "

Very unfortunately, people like Mr. Nguyen Su has there been much while other characters such as Nguyen Van Thanh, Do Huu Ca again flooded with public authorities from high to low. Resolution 4 so far there are only a Resolution for Tien Lang empty if not applied thoroughly to get back some life to a party in power too long does not create an impression in the policy responses to improve people's consensus through leadership roles.



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Peace and justice reigns in homeland of Vietnam, this is an aspiration and a dream of most Vietnamese people who living in Vietnam and abroad. The prayers and the parish Mass is held regularly for sharing, communion and prayer for all victims of the communist regime in Vietnam, people suffering oppression, being harassed in prison exiled and many of them had been stripped away an unjust life, an unreasonable and unethical ways from authoritarian rule and brutal inhumanity of corporate and state party leaders only cultivated for the benefit of themselves and their families, from an authoritarian system of arbitrary government, and violent, from a weak legal system, lack of transparency and unethical.


Those causes, the problems that have pushed people into lives of suffering, the parents lose their children, the couple lost the dearest friend of his life in frustration, the pain without knowing express the same one. Stand up for justice to be concerned? this is harder than to find the needle under the sea because the judicial system and law have long no longer the fulcrum of the people, such as the full event of the death of his injustice hidden with Nguyen Cong Nhat at Binh Duong while on his serious wounds, evidence of an extremely brutal torture and can cause death. But all the evidence which was not significant interest in court and review the level and then a court decision is an unconscionable statement that: "This person who died by suicide in prison."


The injustice because government beat and torture to death as the case of Nguyen Cong Nhat at Binh Duong, Trinh Xuan Tung in Hanoi, Nguyen Van Hung at Bac Ninh, Nguyen Nam at the parish of Con Dau Da Nang..... and dozens of other deaths deplorable state government by Vietnam's communist cause in the past year along also with petitioners that there is no answer for the people who were occupied the right to appropriate property and land by wrong way on a national scale led to more and more people lose faith in justice, the law as well as completely lost their confidence to the government. To be able to regain all justice and dispel injustice, oppression, as well as to end all suffering so long, now the only thing people can do is unite and courageous struggle for justice. Focus strength and willpower to stand up boldly require justice to society, to reclaim the Liberal Democrat for the country and especially to reclaim all the legitimate rights and lawful interests of each of us.





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Ky Dong Churh warm with candles to pray for justice
2/26/12 2:45 PM  

We hope that, candles this morning, will not be extinguished, when the Mass ended, but it will be the faithful to Mass is lit up in their own habitat, to spread the faith forever; to justice reigns on Vietnam homeland dear.

Evening 26/2, about 3,000 faithful attended the candlelight vigil to pray for justice and peace.

Mass by Father Superior of the Redemptorist monastery Saigon Ho Dac Tam Joseph presided, he has concelebrated with Father Pascal Nguyen Ngoc Tinh, OFM and a Redemptorist priest.



Now part of the Mass, the priest in charge of the Mass to pray for justice and peace invites the faithful hearts to a special prayer for his soul Nguyen Cong Nhật who died in police districts Ben Cat, Binh Duong province and the government that had committed suicide; give thanks to God along with his family  Peter Doan Van Vuon initially solve some problems related to his family; pray for Vietnam Bishops in communion with the Bishop Hoang Duc Oanh of solutions in dialogue with the authorities and in communion with the Vietnamese community around the world to sign petitions for the exercise of human rights in Vietnam.

In the homily, Father Pascal Nguyen Ngoc Tinh, inviting all to see on the mirrors had the courage to step out of the fear, the courage to speak the truth, fight for the injustice are increasingly spread in an atheistic society. He also invites the faithful to fight courageously for justice and that is how God vegetarian favorite.

Immediately after the homily, thousands of candles were lit, harmony with his faith and fervent prayers for the homeland. End the prayer, the words, majestic "light up in the love of God, light up in the great love", with bright candlelight, making the atmosphere more warm prayer.

We hope that, candles this morning, will not be extinguished, when the Mass ended, but it will be the faithful to Mass is lit up in their own habitat, to spread the faith forever; to justice reigns on Vietnam homeland dear.

02/26/2012

Queen of Justice




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        The fear of the communist government of Vietnam led to action
        crackdown on bloggers, journalists, the Dissent and the active 
        young Catholic intellectuals, as well as tried to conceal all information
        in country by controlling the Internet and freedom of speech of the people.







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The world is expressing deep concern before the rise of harassment and repression of peaceful dissent in the country with many tricks and different forms, including journalists, writers, bloggers, the House Democracy and active young Catholic intellectuals ..... According to a report from the International Human Rights Organizations and representatives of government including the U.S. State Department last year had 33 bloggers and 9 journalists was put imprison by state communist government of Vietnam only for daring to express their views peacefully. In Vietnam, the government under the ruling party did not accept and will not allow any people have any intention comments, propagate or express opinions opposed to incidents involving sensitive corruption, violation of Human Rights, Religious Freedom ... although in theory and in the UN reports that the government of Vietnam always respects the fundamental rights of all people!


The trend of Global Democracy and after a series of coup toppled the authoritarian government broke out in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa, the Hanoi government has expressed fear of the spread image effects of the revolution called "Arab Spring" and can continue booming in Vietnam, especially in the current period increasing the incident related to land claims of the people across the country and in a long time without being concerned authorities at different levels or satisfactorily resolved. A growing number of objections and criticism of the government on public websites, personal blogs and websites led to the increasing control as well as harassment and persecution arrests largely focused on the Bloggers are the gathering place for the critical voices
for most governments and most powerful.


Blogges status, and some young Catholic intellectuals were arrested a murky, and not through arbitrary regulations required by law have caused the burning of people's opinions and concerns from the international community. Among the dozens of bloggers are currently in government custody, the case of Nguyen Van Hai, Nickname "Dieu Cay" and a member of the Journalists club is free of serious violations and the most heartbreaking . For more than 16 months from the date of his first imprisonment expired at the end of October 2010 so far he has not been released and continued detention charges other charges from the government has not been carried action through the provision of any law. It is just the most serious to the current state of his health like? alive or dead and accuracy is also being held where no one knowing, including wives and relatives while his family has information that he had lost arms in prisons.



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“Blogging While Vietnamese”

Vietnam Cracks Down On The Internet And Free Expression

Doug Bernard | Washington DC

Dieu Cay knows the risks and rewards of being a blogger in Vietnam. On the risk side, he’s been tossed in and out of prison cells over the last five years, today finding himself detained once more.

His reward? He’s still among the most popular online figures in his nation.

‘Điếu cày‘ is a pen name meaning “peasant’s water pipe” in Vietnamese. The real person is Nguyen Van Hai, and he started blogging in 2007, just about the moment the Internet began spreading rapidly across the country. Unhappy about China’s policies in Tibet and the Spratly Islands, Nguyen started using his blog (now no longer viewable) to organize protests of the Beijing Olympics torch relay.

The Vietnamese blogger "Dieu Cay" in an undated photo. The sand inscription reads roughly "Democracy for Viet Nam."

“BlogDieuCay” began quietly, but soon drew a lot of attention. Other Vietnamese citizens, unhappy with various Chinese policies, also began protesting the torch relay. Still others began speaking out online, inspired to start writing about Vietnam’s religious discrimination, land rights issues, or general corruption. In just a few months Nguyen was joined by fellow bloggers ‘AnhBa SG‘ (real name Phan Thanh Hai)  and former Communist Party member Ta Phong Tan to start the “Club for Free Journalists.” Weekly viewership of their blogs skyrocketed.

That’s when authorities stepped in. In late April 2009,Nguyen was arrested on tax fraud, a charge many considered trumped up. (Phan and Ta were also arrested on unrelated crimes.) He was subsequently released and began blogging again, only to be repeatedly harassed by police. In October 2010 he was againdetained by police, and has not been seen by anyone since. Officially, he’s charged with violating Article 88: “Conducting Propaganda Against the State.” Unofficially, many more call it simply “Blogging While Vietnamese.”

“Abusing Democratic Freedoms”

Nguyen isn’t alone. In just the last few months, as many as nine journalists and 33 bloggers have been jailed in what has become Vietnam’s largest ever crackdown on free speech online.

“It’s bad…it’s very bad,” says U.S. Representative Frank Wolf of Virginia. “The American ambassador (there) is a failure, the American embassy is no longer an island of freedom,” says an unsparing Wolf, condemning what he sees as an Obama administration that’s weak on human rights and freedom issues. “This administration has not done a very good job of speaking out,” says the long time rights advocate, “so these countries don’t believe that the Obama administration cares about these issues, and they feel they can do whatever they want.”

Former Communist Party member Ta Phong Tan, in better days

Others see a different reason for the crackdown: a government motivated less by opportunism and more by fear.

“The government is threatened by the increasing use of the Internet by Vietnamese citizens,” says Human Rights Watch’s Phil Robertson.  “With the expansion of the Vietnamese language Internet, their ability to control what people are reading and seeing has definitely diminished.”

Whatever the reason, there’s no doubting that Vietnamese are moving online in droves. In 2000, less than one percent of Vietnam’s population had access to the web. Ten years later, that number had bolted to 27 percent, and it’s likely higher today. Young Vietnamese crowd into Internet cafes and snatch up the latest smart phones (over 111 million mobile phones are registered in a nation with a population of 86 million). All those eyeballs online make for a declining consumption of state-controlled newspapers and broadcasts, and that, says Robertson, has Hanoi nervous:

“When you roll in what has happened in the Arab world, that has caused a great deal of concern by the Vietnamese government. They’re worried if they don’t try to correct the problem, try to control what is going out and control some of the more prominent bloggers or people sharing information, that this situation may somehow get out of control.  That’s the core of the increasing crackdown we see by the government trying to go after the more prominent people making their views known, and harassing bloggers and harassing activists; not only trying to firewall their blogs or websites, but also the more traditional harassment: police going by, inviting people out to coffees or “chats,” going in and confiscating computers or cutting people off from the Internet by terminating their phone service.”

Nervous or not, Vietnamese authorities have clearly dropped the hammer recently on the nation’s most prominent bloggers and online activists. In addition to those detained, countless more are being monitored, forced offline or have had their computers seized.

The state has a grab bag of statutes that it can charge bloggers with violating. Most popular is Article 88, but there are many others, including Article 79 – “Subversion of the People’s Administration” – or the ironically termed Article 258:  “Abusing Democratic Freedoms to Infringe the Interests of the State.” Whatever allegation is used, the punishments are tough: prison sentences of five to eight years.

“Playing an Easy and Hard Game.”

"Mother Mushroom" with her young child, after prison

Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, 32 years old, is a mother in the central coastal city of Nha Trang. She was concerned about a controversial bauxite mining project nearby, and the Chinese partner on the project Chinalco. So in 2009 she began blogging about it, sharing news items or rumors she’d heard, her objections to the project, and what others were saying about similar projects.

Nguyen knew the dangers of blogging in Vietnam, and so adopted the pen name “Me Nam” – or “Mother Mushroom” in Vietnamese. People signed an online petition, and she printed shirts reading “Stop Bauxite – No China – Keep the country safe and clean.” Her blogbecame a smash success. That is, until the night of September 2, 2009, when 15 police agents smashed through her door and took her under arrest.

“The police arrested and kept  me at prison for 10 days,” Nguyen tells VOA in an email interview. “Their reason for my temporary imprison(ment) is ‘abusing democratic  freedom infringe upon national benefits.’”

After 10 days and no charges filed, Nguyen was released, but warned about continuing her blog. Despite that, she kept writing – posting her discontents with the government and its land policies. Since then she’s had police stationed outside her home, her landlord and employer have been pressured to fire her, she’s seen her family and friends harassed, and spent more time in jail.

Mother Mushroom says she, too, has noticed a marked increase in the level of harassment directed at her and her online colleagues. “Beside Dieu Cay and AnhBa SG, many young Catholic bloggers  are still in jail,” she writes.

“I think that they are warning the others have to be careful when using blog to speak out the idea about the Communist Party’s policy. Being a Vietnamese blogger, it looks like playing an easy and hard game. It will be fine if you just write about the daily simple life. However, you should be arrested at any time if you step over the ‘sensitive areas.’ I still keep writing because it made me feel free in my mind, at least. And the most important thing, we do not feel human if we don’t have the right to speak our mind.”

Nguyen is free at the moment, but acknowledges, amid the current crackdown, that she might be next to be imprisoned. Asked why “Mother Mushroom” keeps writing, she writes simply “Who will speak if you don’t?”

Fighting a Losing Battle?

“Clearly the activists recognize that they’re pushing the edge and they’re potentially facing long prison terms if they push too hard,” says Human Rights Watch’s Phil Robertson:

“But when you talk to them, they’ll say very clearly ‘Look, I’ve done nothing wrong. This is my right to speak out.’ And in fact, they’re right. Vietnam has ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which clearly contains an Article 19 guaranteeing the right to freedom of expression. So by saying ‘I’ve done nothing wrong,’ they’re not backing off on this, and the government is just forced to continue to tilt after these activists, to chase them and harass them, and ultimately is continuing to imprison them.”

Early in her term at the U.S. State Department, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called freedom of online expression a basic human right, and pledged the Obama administration would do everything possible to lift the new “digital Iron Curtain” that was falling on various nations around the world. But critics say that since then, little has been done to help, while the situation in countries like Vietnam has grown only worse.

“In the old days…everyone was singing from the same page, and that’s that we were going to advocate for human rights and religious freedom around the world no matter where it would be,” laments Congressman Wolf. “That’s really what has to be done now, but that’s the exact opposite of what’s being done today.”

With all the other foreign policy issues at stake in the U.S. presidential election this year, online freedom of speech and the persecution of Vietnamese bloggers isn’t likely to rate very high. But that’s not to say there isn’t hope.

Columbia University professor Anne Nelson recently traveled to Vietnam, and wrote of her impressions:

“We can’t underestimate the suffering — to say nothing of the nuisance — inflicted by Vietnam’s cyber-cop crackdowns. But at the same time, it appears they’re fighting a losing battle. Vietnam’s media audience is moving online rapidly, partly because they are constantly learning new techniques for outmaneuvering the authorities — and partly because the Communist Party’s traditional news media have failed to hold on to their audience and advertising base.”

As in neighboring China, Vietnam is seeking to have it both ways: expanding access to the web and wiring the nation for the future while limiting what its citizens can do and say online. It’s a tricky balance, and one technology is constantly shifting.

In the meantime, somewhere in Vietnam, Dieu Cay sits in a prison cell, awaiting his fate.

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