A FUND RAISING DINNER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN VIETNAM, Westminster, CA Dec 5,2003

FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE
November 28, 2003

Press contact: Ms. Tracy Gore 323 876 2662
Mr. Tam Doan 714 633 1431


A FUND RAISING DINNER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN VIETNAM

While the Vietnamese community here in the United States have warmly
embraced Democracy they have not turned their backs on the country they
came from which does not yet have most of the same basic human rights
they are now enjoying.

Join the Vietnam Human Rights Network at their awareness- and
fund-raising event on Friday, December 5th in Westminster, CA.
Registration starts at 6:00 PM. Dinner begins at 7:00 PM.

Enjoy Vietnamese hospitality at a banquet at the Paracel Seafood
Restaurant, 15583 Brookhurst Street, Westminster, CA.

Dr. Lam Thu Van, a physician and noted human rights activist from
Montreal, Quebec will deliver a speech about the oppression of freedom
of expression in Vietnam.

Following dinner there will be a fun auction by Tracy Gore! with unique
items including authentic handicraft and musical instruments made by
the montagnards from the central highlands of Vietnam for everyone to
bid on.

Tickets are only $25 for the dinner AND auction. There will also be an
entertainment program with traditional Vietnamese music by some of the
favorite Vietnamese entertainers.

Tickets are on sale at the following locations:

PARACEL Seafood Restaurant, 15583 Brookhurst St., Westminster. (714)
775-3077
TU QUYNH Book Store , 9581 Bolsa Ave., Westminster , Tel.:
(714) 531-4284
TU LUC, Book Store, 14318 Brookhurst St., Garden Grove; Tel.:
(714) 531-5290

Or call the following numbers for reservations:

Mr. Nguyen ngoc Quynh (562) 630-2926
Ms. Do Thi Thuan (714) 541-9859
Mr. Doan Duc Tam (714) 633-1431
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Trang (858) 344-9443

Some background on the current human rights situation in Vietnam

The Vietnamese Montagnard minority are in urgent need of protection.
Human Rights organizations such as Amnesty International have called on
Viet Nam to take steps to halt the repression of the Montagnard
minority in the Central Highlands, and for Cambodia to honor its
international obligations under the UN Refugee Convention by protecting
those Montagnard people who have sought sanctuary in Cambodia.

In February 2001, thousands of people from indigenous minorities,
collectively known as Montagnards, held protests in the Central
Highlands of Viet Nam. The protests focused on a number of grievances,
including anger at government confiscation of their ancestral forest
homelands, an influx of lowland Vietnamese settlers taking their
agricultural land, lack of freedom of worship for the many who are
members of unauthorized evangelical Protestant churches, and denial of
basic rights including education in native languages. Some protestors
also called for independence for the Central Highlands region.

"Since February 2001, the Vietnamese government has cordoned off the
Central Highlands from the outside world and systematically arrested
and repressed those they believe responsible for the unrest," the
report said. "The Government also appears to be targeting Protestant
churches and their worshipers".

"We believe that many of those arrested in Viet Nam are prisoners of
conscience," Amnesty International said.

"Many hundreds have fled into neighboring Cambodia and despite the
efforts of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),
the Cambodian authorities have denied basic protection to many asylum
seekers and colluded with the Vietnamese for their return to likely
persecution," according to Amnesty International.



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We have a few generous donors for the fund-raising auction.

My young photographer friend, Vu Tuan Trung donated 3 art photographs:

FLOATING MARKET
AUTUM LAKE
HAND WASH

Trung is a poise, well-mannered, thoughtful, caring and overall a very
nice, gentle guy which should be the dreams of all good girls. Sorry
the dumb, ugly and smelly daughters of EL CHINO, HBUI, DHS, CEO2BE
ect...are not qualified!

You can see his photographs which are laden with his love for the
country and people of Vietnam (not the dumb, filthy, corrrupt,
traitorous jerks in the VCP) in:

WWW.BENNYIMAGES.COM

You can see the picture of Trung, the photographer, handing over the
gifts at:

http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/doa...ctam/my_photos

There is also a photo of an authentic bow and arrow set by the
Vietnamese montagnards to be auctioned with a bunch of handicrafts
for their benefits on Friday Dec 5th,2003.

LIBERTY FLAME


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FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE
November 28, 2003

Press contact: Ms. Tracy Gore 323 876 2662
Mr. Tam Doan 714 633 1431


A FUND RAISING DINNER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN VIETNAM

While the Vietnamese community here in the United States have warmly
embraced Democracy they have not turned their backs on the country they
came from which does not yet have most of the same basic human rights
they are now enjoying.

Join the Vietnam Human Rights Network at their awareness- and
fund-raising event on Friday, December 5th in Westminster, CA.
Registration starts at 6:00 PM. Dinner begins at 7:00 PM.

Enjoy Vietnamese hospitality at a banquet at the Paracel Seafood
Restaurant, 15583 Brookhurst Street, Westminster, CA.

Dr. Lam Thu Van, a physician and noted human rights activist from
Montreal, Quebec will deliver a speech about the oppression of freedom
of expression in Vietnam.

Following dinner there will be a fun auction by Tracy Gore! with unique
items including authentic handicraft and musical instruments made by
the montagnards from the central highlands of Vietnam for everyone to
bid on.

Tickets are only $25 for the dinner AND auction. There will also be an
entertainment program with traditional Vietnamese music by some of the
favorite Vietnamese entertainers.

Tickets are on sale at the following locations:

PARACEL Seafood Restaurant, 15583 Brookhurst St., Westminster. (714)
775-3077
TU QUYNH Book Store , 9581 Bolsa Ave., Westminster , Tel.:
(714) 531-4284
TU LUC, Book Store, 14318 Brookhurst St., Garden Grove; Tel.:
(714) 531-5290

Or call the following numbers for reservations:

Mr. Nguyen ngoc Quynh (562) 630-2926
Ms. Do Thi Thuan (714) 541-9859
Mr. Doan Duc Tam (714) 633-1431
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Trang (858) 344-9443

Some background on the current human rights situation in Vietnam

The Vietnamese Montagnard minority are in urgent need of protection.
Human Rights organizations such as Amnesty International have called on
Viet Nam to take steps to halt the repression of the Montagnard
minority in the Central Highlands, and for Cambodia to honor its
international obligations under the UN Refugee Convention by protecting
those Montagnard people who have sought sanctuary in Cambodia.

In February 2001, thousands of people from indigenous minorities,
collectively known as Montagnards, held protests in the Central
Highlands of Viet Nam. The protests focused on a number of grievances,
including anger at government confiscation of their ancestral forest
homelands, an influx of lowland Vietnamese settlers taking their
agricultural land, lack of freedom of worship for the many who are
members of unauthorized evangelical Protestant churches, and denial of
basic rights including education in native languages. Some protestors
also called for independence for the Central Highlands region.

"Since February 2001, the Vietnamese government has cordoned off the
Central Highlands from the outside world and systematically arrested
and repressed those they believe responsible for the unrest," the
report said. "The Government also appears to be targeting Protestant
churches and their worshipers".

"We believe that many of those arrested in Viet Nam are prisoners of
conscience," Amnesty International said.

"Many hundreds have fled into neighboring Cambodia and despite the
efforts of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),
the Cambodian authorities have denied basic protection to many asylum
seekers and colluded with the Vietnamese for their return to likely
persecution," according to Amnesty International.



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