Petizione

Sardinia Calling Vietnam

Diretta a Minister of Foreign Affairs vietnam MOFA VIETNAM ed ad 1 altro/a
Sardinia Calling Vietnam

Gemiliana Assorgia London, Regno Unito

Sottoscrivi la petizione per Gemiliana Assorgia. Vittima della diplomazia italiana in Vietnam.

Chiede di essere ascoltata dal Ministro degli esteri Phạm Bình Minh per raccontare l’intreccio di azioni conniventi che le autorità italiane in Vietnam hanno messo in piedi fino ad oggi per spingerla a lasciare il paese senza ottenere giustizia dopo una brutale aggressione subita ad HCMC

Lasciata sola dopo l’ aggressione, Gemiliana Assorgia stilista sarda 43 enne, ha subito prima velate pressioni perché lasciasse il paese senza causare “problemi”, poi si è scontrata con una serie di azioni delle autorità italiane volte e impedirle di ottenere giustizia: dai verbali tradotti in maniera errata, alle convocazioni alla polizia operate da supposti incaricati sprovvisti di documento di riconoscimento, al diniego da parte degli avvocati iscritti all’elenco dei fiduciari dell’ambasciata italiana di assisterla nelle sue rivendicazioni. Comportamenti ai quali Gemiliana ha sempre risposto con coraggio e risolutezza fino a divenire un personaggio “non collaborante” nei racconti dei funzionari della Farnesina che rispondevano con questa definizione alle continue richieste da parte di familiari e amici della donna di avere sue notizie. Una serie di azioni conniventi volti a farle” terra bruciata”. Gemiliana ha deciso di opporsi a tutto questo strenuamente perché le ambasciate italiane diventino finalmente un luogo di rifugio e aiuto concreto per i cittadini italiani in difficoltà e non una semplice vetrina per diplomatici in trasferta.

Firma la petizione per aiutare Gemiliana ad ottenere giustizia per tutti gli italiani all’estero.

Sign the Gemiliana Assorgia petition, a victim of Italian diplomacy in Vietnam.

She has requested to be heard by the Minister of Foreign Affairs,Phạm Bình Minh , to specify the interwoven conniving actions that the Italian authorities in Vietnam have established, to date, to push her out of the country without getting justice after a brutal assault suffered at HCMC.

Left alone after the assault, Gemiliana Assorgia, a 43-year-old Sardinian designer, initially was subjected to veiled pressure to leave the country without causing “problems”, then faced a series of actions by the Italian authorities aimed at preventing her from getting justice: from the reports translated incorrectly, and the summons to police headquarters made by alleged authorized parties devoid of identity documents, to the refusal by attorneys registered to the list of legal aid fiduciaries of the Italian Embassy to assist her in her claims. Behaviors to which Gemiliana always responded with courage and determination to the point of being labeled “uncooperative” in the opinion of the Foreign Ministry officials who continued to define as such the continuous requests for news on the woman, made by family members and friends. A conniving series of actions aimed at wiping the whole matter “off the face of the earth”. Gemiliana has decided to oppose this strenuously so that Italian embassies can finally become an actual refuge and place for Italian citizens in need to get help, and not just a showcase for diplomats away from home.

Sign the petition to help Gemiliana get justice for all Italians abroad!

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Minister of Foreign Affairs vietnam

MOFA VIETNAM

Minister of Foreign Affairs Vietnam

Pham Binh Minh

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Lettera a

Minister of Foreign Affairs vietnam MOFA VIETNAM

Minister of Foreign Affairs Vietnam Pham Binh Minh

Dear Minister,

I was enticed to visit your beautiful country by my son, an English teacher working here, and instantly fell in love with Vietnam. 

After many years of running my own businesses in London, I decided to take a break and explore potential opportunities in Vietnam, so that I might be able to live and work closer to my son.

I knew both from international news and my own observations that Vietnam has gone to great lengths to convey to all that it is a business-friendly country, open to the world. This, combined with seeing the hard-working spirit of Vietnamese people in action and witnessing the warm reception given to President Obama on his recent visit convinced me that Vietnam would be a welcoming place for me to set up my shop and share my talents in fashion design and production. 

I had become weary of London’s sole focus on profit above all else, and thought I could find a more harmonious work/life balance amongst Vietnam’s natural and personal beauty. With all that in mind, I put my businesses in the UK on hold and excitedly made my way to Vietnam, looking forward to enjoying a few months in a different country, with everything that can offer.

After spending some time reconnecting my son, I decided to take up his friend’s offer to appear on VTV14 special on Tet

celebrations. 

I felt especially honored to have this opportunity, as I have studied Eastern philosophies and religions for years, and felt it was a wonderful way for me to adapt to the culture and traditions in which I had immersed myself.

Not long after this appearance, I met local fashion entrepreneurs Ms Nguyen and Minh To. We entered into a business arrangement wherein I would help them open their business in the time they had allotted, in return for fair compensation.

This would be mutually beneficial, as their enthusiasm and financial resources were completed overburdened by their lack of experience and skills in producing a fashion line. 

I worked tirelessly for them for 30 days straight, putting in a total of over 300 hours, but their arrogance and ignorance for what is required in such a high-demand business proved insurmountable, and we fell into disagreement regarding how best to proceed.

I decided their promises of more money was not enough to see this project come to fruition, and opted instead to be part ways. Instead paid fairly for my time, and to of the monies promised to me by Ms Nguyen and Ms To, I instead found myself being threatened by Ms Nguyen at my place

of residence later that day. I knew then I had made the correct decision to detach myself from their business. Predicting I would find myself struggling to be paid for my work, I contacted the Italian Embassy on 28-03-2016 and asked for their assistance and legal advice regarding this matter. I provided a number of emails, invoices, and other records, which proved the solid foundation of my grievance with Ms Nguyen and Ms To, but found the staff at the embassy to be lacking enthusiasm to provide any actual assistance. 

The staff at the embassy told me in no uncertain terms that there are different standards for business ethics in Vietnam than those to which I had become accustomed to in Western Europe. 

I found this generalization to not only be offensive and lazy on the part of the embassy, but also rather disheartening, as it was by then my intention to move my business and myself to Vietnam. 

Upon further advisement by the Italian Embassy that the

Vietnamese police would have no interest in this matter as I was a foreigner, I decided to extend my visa and go travelling

across Vietnam, in the hopes I could rekindle my love for this country. 

My travels took me all across Vietnam and into Cambodia, where I found solace from the bad experiences and frustrations I’ve already described. 

Wanting to stay close to my son but cautious of Vietnam due to my experience, I decided instead to stay in Cambodia and start designing and producing my craft there instead. 

I thought this the best solution, as I’d be close to my son, be surrounded in the tranquillity of Cambodia, and have access to the vibrant business market in Vietnam. 

Once this had been decided, I travelled back to Vietnam to collect items I had left with my son and to renew my Cambodian visa. 

My visa renewal took longer than expected, so I visited Ho Chi Minh City again, and found a number of reasons to be enthralled by the city, from the Cu Chi Tunnels to the local Argentinian Tango school. 

This new experience renewed my hope that I could spend more time in Ho Chi Minh City for both personal and professional reasons, but this bout of optimism was brought abruptly to a halt by four assailants who attacked me at the end of my visit. 

The Ho Chi Minh City police are already well aware of my assault and those who violently attacked me. 

I have not yet been able to leave the city, as my attention and time has been poured into cooperating with the police in order to see that justice is carried out against my assailants. It is on this matter on which I humbly ask for your attention and assistance. 

I have been exhausted both emotionally and financially by the fallout from being attacked in Ho Chi Minh City, and have found the Italian Embassy to be of very little use in general.

They have let me down in regards to my business matter, and have completely abandoned me regarding my assault.

I still want to believe there is good in the institutions of Vietnam. My son lives and teaches here, and I want to know he’ll be safe. 

I want to know I’ll be safe visiting him, from Cambodia. 

I would very much like to someday do business in Vietnam, but I will not risk my money, my product, or my life and health to do so. 

Let me be able to go home to Italy or to London and tell my friends and family that Vietnam is a safe place to visit and a safe place in which to invest both their person and their fortunes. 

I have attempted to do both and have sustained injuries to body and spirit in the process.

Please help me to find resolution to these matters.

Sincerely,

Gemiliana Assorgia