<![CDATA[Rallying For Democracy]]> MemHT Portal <![CDATA[News]]> <![CDATA[OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH]]>
OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
ON THE OCCASION OF THE VISIT OF THE
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM PRIME MINISTER NGUYEN TAN DUNG

President George W. Bush
The White House
Washington, DC
June 24th, 2008

Dear President Bush:

The Vietnamese government currently encounters major problems that they are incapable of resolving, including multiple economic and social issues...
]]> <![CDATA[WHY VIETNAM NEEDS FREEDOM NOW]]>
By NGUYEN DAN QUE

June 24, 2008 -- PROTESTS will surely surround Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's meeting today with President Bush. But Dung will no doubt still find it a relief to be out of his own country: Back home, the economy is in turmoil, with popular discontent rising. ]]> <![CDATA[Meeting between the delegations]]> Meeting between the delegation of the International Committee to Support The Non Violent Movement For Human Rights in Vietnam with Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, Undersecretary Paula Dobriansky and Assistant Secretary of State David Kramer



Meeting with Assistant Secretary of State in charge of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor ]]> <![CDATA[White House on 3-25-2008 (2)]]>

Briefing regarding Dr. Que's Nine point Road Map To Democracy in Vietnam at the NSC headquater, White House on 3-25-2008

Briefing team of the International Committee to Support The Non Violent Movement For Human Rights in Vietnam on the left side: Dr. Thanh Minh Do, Dr. The Binh Nguyen and Dr.Quan Quoc Nguyen. Representatives of the NSC on the right side: Ambassador Michael G. Kozak, Advisor to the President on Human rights issues & Senior Director of Democracy, Human Rights and International Organizations, Dr. Catherine Kuchta-Helbling, Diector of Democracy and Human Rights, NSC, the White House. ]]> <![CDATA[White House on 3-25-2008]]>
Pictue of Ambassador Kozak, Dr. Kuchta- Helbling with briefieng team of the International Committee to Support the Non Violent Movement for Human Rights in Vietnam.
]]> <![CDATA[Mr. Scot Marciel , Assistant Secretary of State in charge of East Asia]]> On January 22, 2008, from 14.15 to 15.30 o'clock, an American delegation visited Dr. Que at his house, including Mr. Scot Marciel, Deputy Assistant Secretary , East Asia & Pacific Bureau, responsible for relations with SE Asia and ASEAN, Consul General Kenneth Fairfax, Ms. Katia Bennet, political officer of the US Consulate General.]]> <![CDATA[State Department]]>

State Department

]]> <![CDATA[Dr. Nguyen Dan Que's Interview with Voice of America on December 18, 2007]]> Dr. Nguyen Dan Que

Q: As an advocate for human rights and democracy for many years, what are the political, economic events or cultural, social phenomena in Vietnam and overseas in 2007 that give you optimism about the prospect of democracy development in Vietnam in 2008?]]> <![CDATA[Remarks by Dr. Torsten Wiesel]]>

Remarks by Dr. Torsten Wiesel on the occasion of a dinner hosted by Dr. Quan Nguyen and his wife in Dr.Wiesel's honor.]]> <![CDATA[To: Daw. Aung San Suu Kyi]]>

To: Daw. Aung San Suu Kyi
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Human-rights activist and Leader of Burma's National League For Democracy

Dear Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi:

Many Vietnamese people and I have been closely following the people power demonstrations by Burmese monks and nuns against the ruling military junta's unreasonable economic and social policies. The brutal repression of non-violent demonstrators on September 26, 2007 shocked us very much.
]]> <![CDATA[US Ambassador and Dr. Nquyen Q. Quan]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Rural Uprisings]]> <![CDATA[Bush Meets Vietnamese President (Editorials) in Audio of VOA]]> Following a meeting in the White House with Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet, President George W. Bush said that the United States wants to have good relations with Vietnam. Noting that the United States and Vietnam have already developed good economic relations, President Bush also stressed the importance of a Vietnamese commitment to freedom, democracy and respect for human rights.]]> <![CDATA[Whitehouse Response "Vietnamese Rights and Wrongs..."]]> Following a meeting in the White House with Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet, President George W. Bush said that the United States wants to have good relations with Vietnam. Noting that the United States and Vietnam have already developed good economic relations, President Bush also stressed the importance of a Vietnamese commitment to freedom, democracy and respect for human rights.]]> <![CDATA[Vietnamese Rights and Wrongs...]]> EDITORIALS & OPINION THE WALL STREET JOURNAL WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2007

By Nguyen Dan Que

CHO LON, Vietnam—When President George W. Bush sits down with Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet at the White House on Friday, it will be the first time that a Communist President of Vietnam has called on the President of the former enemy, the United States. The meeting may also mark a turning point in the history of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
]]> <![CDATA[PRESS RELEASE FOR MAY 29th, 2007 MEETING AT THE WHITE HOUSE]]>

On May 29, a delegation of four members of the Vietnamese-American community met in the White House with President George W. Bush, Vice-President Dick Cheney, Chief of Staff Joshua Bolton, National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow and other senior officials. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss current human rights abuses in Vietnam and to find ways for the United States government to support freedom and democracy in Vietnam.]]> <![CDATA[Bush 'concerned' about Vietnam]]> <![CDATA[Bush concerned at activists' arrest in Vietnam]]> <![CDATA[Open letter to the US Government on the deteriorating Human Rights situation in Vietnam]]> On the occasion of Vietnam Human Rights Day, we wish to draw your attention to the sharply deteriorating human rights situation in that country. We call on you to insist that the Vietnamese government end its persecution of citizens trying to exercise their rights to free expression and assembly.]]> <![CDATA[Letter from Dr. Nguyen Dan Que in Saigon, Vietnam]]> Saigon, May 11, 2007

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I regret that my circumstances prevent me from personally attending the 13th commemoration of Vietnam Human Rights Day. Regardless of extensive surveillance and restrictions, I would like to share with you the following:]]> <![CDATA[VOA on Vietnam Human Rights Day]]> <![CDATA[WOLF RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT GROWING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN VIETNAM]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Invitation]]> The Organizing Committee for
The Thirteenth Annual Commemoration of
Vietnam Human Rights Day]]> <![CDATA[US urges Vietnam to free dissidents]]> The US ambassador to Vietnam on Thursday called on the communist one-party state to free its dissidents and open up its political system, in an editorial the embassy sent to local media.]]> <![CDATA[Vietnam vows action against pro-democracy activists]]> Communist Vietnam, under pressure over its human rights record, stressed through its state-controlled media Thursday that it would take action against dissidents who challenge the one-party state.]]> <![CDATA[Former Vietnamese deputy minister receives jail sentence]]> A Vietnamese court on Friday handed down a 14-year imprisonment sentence to former Vietnamese deputy trade minister Mai Van Dau for receiving bribery, Vietnam News Agency reported.]]> <![CDATA[Letter of Protest against the Brutal Crackdown on Dissidents in Vietnam]]> After joining the World Trade Organization in January 2007, the politburo of the Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP) has carried out a large-scale brutal campaign of suppression against the nascent movement for democracy in Vietnam. Ignoring all criticisms from world public opinion and strenuous protests of the Vietnamese people, in Vietnam and overseas, the communist regime in Hanoi has shamefully achieved the following:]]> <![CDATA[Internet battlefield pits dissidents against the State]]> The Times of London (www.timesonline.co.uk),
November 18, 2006

From Richard Lloyd Parry in Ho Chi Minh City

IF NGUYEN DAN QUE had any doubts about the danger of the internet, they were dispelled the night that he began his last long spell in captivity. It was a Monday evening, and Dr Nguyen, a veteran opponent of Vietnam’s communist Government, was quietly working in his local cyber-café.]]> <![CDATA[The President and the Party]]> CHO LON, Vietnam - When U.S. President George W. Bush arrives in Vietnam Friday, he will find a country that yearns for freedom. His visit, for the annual summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, will be an important test of how America balances the promotion of democracy with advancing U.S. business interests in this fast-growing economy. The Vietnamese people will be watching for signs that America has not abandoned them in their long struggle for freedom.]]>