Urgent Call for Action To Save the Life of Journalist Nguyen Vu Binh

 

 

Having been unjustly imprisoned for over four years, journalist Nguyen Vu Binh, 39, is presently facing a critical health condition. According to a family member who visited Mr. Binh on February 15, 2007, he has lost a lot of weight, is having difficulty walking, starting to slur his speech, and is so weak that he was could not hold his five-year-old child. In addition to his chronic hypertension and intestinal inflammation, Mr. Binh can hardly sleep at night because of the back and chest pains he has had for over a month now. In a recent doctor visit, he was diagnosed with steatosis.

 

Recently, due to his deteriorating health Mr. Binh has been referred to the National Cardiovascular Institute, but was refused admission. Many times, he had asked to be treated in a hospital but his requests were denied.

 

We, the undersigned, representing Vietnam-based political parties, human rights organizations, and press agencies,

 

     * In light of the above incidents, resolutely condemn the Vietnamese communist government’s inhuman treatment of Mr. Binh before world opinion.

 

    * Urge the International Red Cross (IRC) to request that the Vietnamese government allow IRC physicians to provide Mr. Binh with emergency care inside the Nam Ha prison [in northern Vietnam].

    * Call upon the governments and people of all freedom loving countries throughout the world, human rights advocacy organizations, as well as Vietnamese overseas and inside the country, to take urgent actions so as to protect, first and foremost, the life of journalist Nguyen Vu Binh, and later to secure his release from prison.

    Hold the Vietnamese government to be totally responsible for the safety and survival of Mr. Binh.

 

 

We appreciate your immediate attention, and we are ready to provide, upon your request, necessary information regarding Mr. Nguyen Vu Binh and his health condition.

 

Made in Vietnam, on this 16th day of February 2007.

 

 

Representatives                                            Affiliations

 

Đỗ Nam Hải, Nguyễn Chính Kết,                      Alliance for Democracy and

Nguyễn Phong                                                  Human Rights for Vietnam

 

Fr. Nguyễn Văn Lư, Đỗ Nam Hải,                     Bloc 8406

Trần Anh Kim

 

Nguyễn Khắc Toàn, Đào Văn Thụy,                 Independent Trade Union of Vietnam

Le^ Trí Tuệ

 

Phạm Văn Trội, Nguyễn Phương                     Committee for Human Rights in

Anh, Bạch Ngọc Dương                                 Vietnam

 

Most Ven. Thích Thiện Minh,                          Former Political and Religious

Phạm Hồng Sơn, MD                                     Prisoners Association of Vietnam

 

Nguyễn Phong, Lê Thị Công Nhân,                 Vietnam Progression Party

Nguyễn B́nh Thanh, Hoàng Thị

Anh Đào

 

Hoàng Minh Chính                                         Democratic Party, Century XXI

 

Trần Văn Ḥa                                               People’s Democracy Party

 

Fr, Chân Tín, Fr, Nguyễn Văn Lư,                  Freedom of Speech Online Magazine

Fr. Phan Văn Lợi, Nguyễn Văn Đài,

Nguyễn Khắc Toàn

 

Writer Hoàng Tiến, Nguyễn Khắc                 Freedom & Democracy Online

Toàn, Nguyễn Văn Đài, Bạch Ngọc              Magazine

Dương, Dương Thị Xuân

 

 

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