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Viewing cable 07HANOI866, ANOTHER DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST DETAINED IN ONGOING GVN

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07HANOI866 2007-05-11 07:12 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Hanoi
VZCZCXRO2023
RR RUEHCHI RUEHDT RUEHHM RUEHNH
DE RUEHHI #0866/01 1310712
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 110712Z MAY 07
FM AMEMBASSY HANOI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 5335
INFO RUEHHM/AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH 3010
RUCNASE/ASEAN MEMBER COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 HANOI 000866 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/MLS AND DRL/AWH 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM PREL PGOV ECON VM
 
SUBJECT: ANOTHER DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST DETAINED IN ONGOING GVN 
CRACKDOWN 
 
REFS:  A) HANOI 752  B) HANOI 839  C) HCMC 514 
 
HANOI 00000866  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
Summary 
------- 
 
1.  (SBU) On May 10, Poloff met with Do Ba Tan, husband of detained 
writer and activist Tran Khai Thanh Thuy, in order to discuss Thuy's 
case.  Thuy was arrested on April 21 on charges of anti-state 
propaganda.  Her husband vehemently denies such charges.  While her 
husband has not been allowed to visit her at the detention facility, 
he is allowed to send medications every two weeks via prison 
officials.  Since her arrest, state-controlled media has repeatedly 
linked Thuy to the case of jailed human rights lawyer Nguyen Van Dai 
(septel).  Tan seeks the support of Western governments in securing 
his wife's release.  End Summary. 
 
2.  (SBU) On May 10, Poloff met with Do Ba Tan, husband of jailed 
writer and human rights activist Tran Khai Thanh Thuy (Ref A).  Last 
January, Human Rights Watch gave Thuy its Hellman-Hammett Award, 
citing her for "courage in the face of political persecution."  On 
April 21, Ministry of Public Security (MPS) police arrested Thuy, 
searched her home and confiscated her computer and other written 
materials.  According to Tan, the search warrant cited "Article 88" 
of Vietnam's criminal code, propaganda against the State, but he has 
received no official arrest report and has not been informed of a 
trial date.  (Note: Since the GVN started its systematic crackdown 
on the pro-democracy Bloc 8406 and other fledgling democracy 
movements almost three months ago, most political dissidents have 
been charged under Article 88 of Vietnam's criminal code.  End 
note.) 
 
3.  (SBU) The GVN is holding 47 year-old Thuy at the B-14 Detention 
Camp in Hanoi.  According to her husband, she suffers from 
tuberculosis and diabetes.  While Tan is not allowed to see his 
wife, every two weeks he is allowed to deliver medications to prison 
officials.  Thuy has two children, a 16-year old daughter and a 
six-year old son.  Tan, an elementary school teacher, told Poloff 
that their son is going through a tough time without his mother. 
Tan also cited his own depression.  Prison officials recently denied 
transmittal of a letter to Thuy from her daughter. 
 
4.  (SBU) Thuy's house remains under MPS surveillance, according to 
Tan, with signs out front stating "no photos" and "no trespassing." 
Since Thuy's arrest, Tan gave a telephone interview to somebody "he 
did not realize" was a BBC News reporter.  The interview resulted in 
a BBC News internet article.  In addition, Thuy's daughter wrote a 
letter to friends in Germany which was, according to Tan, posted on 
the website of an "Australian NGO advocating Thuy's release."  After 
these incidents, the MPS called Tan in, reprimanded him, and asked 
him to refrain from contact with journalists and "foreign 
officials."  Tan declined cooperation. 
 
State-Controlled Media on the Attack 
------------------------------------ 
 
5.  (SBU) As with other recently-arrested activists (Ref B), 
state-contolled media has taken a hard-line against Thuy.  She has 
been connected to jailed human rights lawyer Nguyen Van Dai (on 
trial on May 11 - see septel); identified as a member of the 
pro-democracy Bloc 8406 and recipient of foreign funding; accused of 
advocating the outlawed United Workers Farmers Organization labor 
union (Ref C); and linked to a reportedly U.S.-based anti-Hanoi 
"Vietnam Reform Party."  A recent media article stated that Thuy had 
"called on members of the public to hold general strikes and mass 
street demonstrations or to sacrifice themselves and plant bombs." 
According to a separate article, she had supported, from Vietnam, a 
March 2007 anti-Hanoi rally in front of the Vietnamese Embassy in 
Ottawa and had called into a radio show advising "a campaign of 
kidnapping and abduction of Vietnamese diplomats abroad." 
 
6.  (SBU) Tan denies that his wife has ever advocated violence or 
the overthrow of the regime in Hanoi.  The articles from 
state-controlled press are "deeply distorted, exaggerated, and 
disturbing."  He told us his wife "is a writer" who wrote about 
human rights and democracy issues and had contacts with overseas 
NGOs.  He added that, while he did not always agree with his wife's 
writings, he respected her work. 
 
Request for USG Support Regarding Thuy's Case 
--------------------------------------------- 
 
7.  (SBU) Tan requested advocacy from the U.S. Embassy on his wife's 
case.  He also wants to engage other "like-minded, human 
rights-oriented" foreign governments and international NGOs, 
specifically citing a Swiss human rights NGO and an Australian NGO 
that had advocated for his wife's release. 
 
 
HANOI 00000866  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
MARINE