A 50k charity fund for prisoners of conscience: small sum reaching to enormous

There are at least 97 prisoners of conscience languishing in jails in Viet Nam, many of whom are kept incommunicado in squalid conditions and routinely subjected to torture or other ill-treatment as the new research by Amnesty International reveals today. Compared to the population of more than 94 millions, the number of 97 might make one to assumes that most of Vietnamese people might be paralyzed from witnessing the government's intent suppression on those who dare to raise their voice, yet the it might be the surface of an hidden wave is on momentum. A journey to raise fund in helping cover the solicitors fees for prisoners of consciences, Ngueyn Thuy Hanh - a Hanoi based- gorgeous woman and an activist reveals a touching story about those approach to her offer help.

Nguyễn Thúy Hạnh và gia dình Mục sư Nguyễn Trung Tôn Source: Supplied

In the first months of the 2018, the Vietnam government have arrested and sentenced 10 human rights activists to nearly 100 years in prison with 36 years in house-arrest regardless the call to drop the charge by international organisations and human rights bodies.  James Gomez, Amnesty International’s Director of Southeast Asia and the Pacific.“The relentless crackdown on dissent in Viet Nam must end now. Authorities should start by immediately dropping the ludicrous charges against the six activists facing trial tomorrow and set them free without conditions,” said, James Gomez, “This should be immediately followed by the unconditional release of all 97 prisoners of conscience, and the repealof all laws that criminalise peaceful dissent.”