On November 17, 2007, a group of Viet Tan members and supporters were arrested in Saigon. They were participating in a democracy seminar and preparing to distribute 7,000 pamphlets explaining the nonviolent work of Ghandi and Martin Luther King and why a peaceful struggle can succeed in Vietnam.
The activists detained that day and shortly after included Vietnamese from overseas (Nguyen Quoc Quan, Truong Van Ba, Nguyen Thanh Van, Somsak Khunmi) and local Vietnamese citizens (Nguyen The Vu, Nguyen Trong Khiem, Nguyen Viet Trung).
The Hanoi government’s detention of these peaceful pro-democracy advocates sparked widespread international condemnation.
Below are screenshots of the flyer, translated from Vietnamese.
Nonviolent Struggle: The Approach to Overcome Dictatorship and Establish Democracy (pdf)
