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Mr. Tran Huynh Duy Thuc at trial
The family of political prisoner Tran Huynh Duy Thuc expressed concern that he was going on a hunger strike in prison.
Mr. Tran Huynh Duy Thuc was sentenced to 16 years in prison and 5 years of house arrest in 2009, after being convicted of “Activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s administration”.
Update on Facebook, his younger brother Tran Huynh Duy Tan said: “On November 30, 2020, the family had a visit to see Mr. Thuc, he said he had been on a hunger strike for 7 days, lost 3, 5 kg and a drop in her blood pressure, I’m very tired. “
According to his family, Mr. Thuc sent a message: “I apologize for not having succeeded with you, continue on the path of enlightenment for the nation and for humanity, the struggles must be directed towards To respect Human Rights, take advantage of my departure to carry this fight to the end this year and next. Thank you all, I will always remember to follow you. ”
Thuc’s family said on November 30, when they visited him in a detention center in Nghe An province, Thuc said that he went on a hunger strike to “protest against the People’s Supreme Court which does not respect the law, does not respond to an exemption request. The remaining sanction was sent on 7/7/2018 and the response request on August 19, 2020. “
“Anh Thuc promised to go on a hunger strike to death if he did not receive a response from the Supreme People’s Court,” Thuc’s family wrote on their Facebook page.
This is not the first time that Mr. Thuc has been on a hunger strike in prison.
In May 2016, it was reported that Mr. Tran Huynh Duy Thuc went on a hunger strike for several days while requesting his release, currently about 18,000 people signed.
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The trial of Mr. Tran Huynh Duy Thuc and other activists in 2010
An unidentified source, who was involved in Thuc’s 2016 signature campaign, has now expressed concern about his situation.
The source told the BBC: “In 2016, people were very interested in Mr. Thuc’s situation. But the situation has changed a lot, his fighting friends at that time, now someone has lived abroad, someone else works. “. . “
“Now that the Covid-19 epidemic is occurring, people have other concerns. I am concerned that Mr. Thuc is not up-to-date on external events due to his arrest, which may affect his long-term health.”
Born in 1966, Mr. Tran Huynh Duy Thuc used to be a successful businessman in Vietnam in the field of telecommunication services.
He went to court for the first time on January 20, 2010 with Mr. Le Cong Dinh, Nguyen Tien Trung and Le Thang Long.
They were accused of carrying out activities aimed at overthrowing the popular administration, in accordance with article 79 of the Penal Code.
He received the most severe sentence of 16 years in prison and 5 years of probation, while the defendants in the same case were sentenced to between five and seven years in prison.
