Nguyen Dan Que

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Nguyen Dan Que ( Vietnamese Nguyễn Đan Quế ; * April 1942 ) is a Vietnamese endocrinologist who works as an activist for the democratization of his home country and the protection of human rights . In 1990 he was the founder of the democracy movement High Tide of Humanism (Vietnamese Cao Trao Nhan Ban ) and was sentenced to long imprisonment several times ; as early as 1978 he was ten years without trial detained because he the health of the socialist criticized Vietnam.

biography

Que was in at the time of the Japanese army occupied northern Vietnam born. He studied human medicine at the University of Saigon (Đại học Sài Gòn); he graduated at the age of 22 and became an employee of his faculty .

In the late 1960s he left Vietnam by a grant from the United Nations to work in Europe. In 1974, back in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City ), he became part of the faculty as an assistant professor for endocrinology (comparable to a junior professorship ); Que is a specialist in radiation therapy .

He became director of the Cho-Ray Hospital in Saigon in 1975 . His dismissal followed a year later when he publicly criticized the government's plans for the government's state health care system . As a result, Nguyen formed the "National Front for Progress", the two ground - newspapers on issues of human rights , social welfare publicized and to the health system. He was arrested on February 18, 1978 for forming a " reactionary " association and rebellion against the government. He was never tried for these allegations and was imprisoned for 10 years until 1988.

Nguyen Dan Que became a member of Amnesty International in 1990 and wrote several letters to the governments of Greece , Indonesia and Cuba as part of an international campaign for the release of political prisoners .

The movement "Flood of Humanism " ( Cao Tran Nhan Ban ), which campaigns for nonviolent political, economic and social change, published a manifesto written by Que, who was also the founder of the movement, on May 11, 1990 , in which the Group called for a petition to be signed on their behalf. He was arrested on June 14 of the same year and the trial opened 18 months later on November 29, 1991. The charge of "activities to overthrow the people's government" resulted in a 20-year sentence - early release, along with more than 5,000 other political prisoners, with amnesty after just eight years on Vietnam's Independence Day on September 2, 1998 Novelty in Vietnamese history.

Que refused the offer to leave the country, although the United States had already declared its readiness to accept Ques and his family. Que was subsequently monitored and arrested again on March 17, 2003, four days after he published an online statement on the absence of press freedom in Vietnam. In September 2003, 12 Nobel Prize winners published a letter to Phan Van Khai , the Prime Minister of Vietnam, demanding Ques' release. After 30 months in prison for "abuse of democratic rights against the interests of the state", he was released again in 2005.

When Que published calls for a similar movement in Vietnam during the Arab Spring , he was arrested again on the grounds that his activities were very dangerous and directly detrimental to the stability and strength of the people's government .

"The wave of protests demanding democracy in a series of Arab countries [...] is strongly inspiring Vietnamese people to stand up and demand human rights and democracy."

"The wave of protests calling for democracy in a number of Arab states is very inspiring for the Vietnamese people to also stand up and demand human rights and democracy."

- Nguyen Dan Que

When he was arrested, around 60,000 digital documents addressing a revolution were seized.

Awards

"Dr. Nguyen Dan Que has faced multiple arrests, imprisonment, and constant surveillance for his nonviolent human rights work. But none of it has deterred him from promoting democracy in Vietnam. "

"Dr. Nguyen Dan Que has faced multiple arrests, detentions and constant surveillance for his non-violent advocacy of human rights, but that hasn't stopped him from advocating for democracy in Vietnam. "

Nomination for the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize

In 2004, Ques proposed a Nobel Peace Prize through the Asia-Pacific Initiative .

Publications

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Viet Nam: High cost of lifelong commitment to human rights ( Memento of March 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), Amnesty International - Website, August 18, 2004.
  2. ^ A b World: Asia-Pacific — Vietnamese dissident refuses to leave , BBC website, August 29, 1998. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  3. Nobel Laureates Appeal for Dr. Nguyen Dan Que , National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine - Web site, September 22, 2003. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  4. ^ A b Margie Mason: Vietnam dissident detained for revolution calls , The Washington Post website, February 28, 2011. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  5. 1995: Doan Viet Hoat & Nguyen Dan Que , Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award - website. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  6. 2004 Honorees , Civil Courage Prize - Website. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
  7. ^ Nobel Peace Prize 2004: Nominations & Speculations ( Memento of October 2, 2006 in the Internet Archive ), International Peace Research Institute - website. Retrieved November 16, 2015.