Trương Duy Nhất
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Trương Duy Nhất is a Vietnamese journalist and activist. [1]
2013 arrest in Vietnam
[edit]In May 2013, Trương was arrested in Vietnam following posting an article calling for Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung to resign.[2] In March 2014, he was sentenced to 2 years in prison on charges of “abusing democratic freedoms to infringe the interests of the state” under Vietnam's article 258.[2]
Following his detention, he fled to Thailand in 2016.
2019 abduction from Thailand
[edit]In January 2019, Trương was abducted from a shopping in Thailand while applying for refugee status and handed over to Vietnamese authorities, who brought Trương back to Vietnam via Laos.[3][4]
In March 2020, Trương was sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of fraud.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ AFP (2019-02-05). "Vietnamese blogger vanishes after fleeing to Thailand". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
- ^ a b Hunt, Luke. "Another Vietnamese Blogger Jailed". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
- ^ "Southeast Asia, the Frontline for a Free Press". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
- ^ "Vietnamese radio blogger missing in Thailand, raising abduction fear". South China Morning Post. 2019-02-06. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
- ^ "Vụ án Trương Duy Nhất: Tòa phúc thẩm y án 10 năm tù". BBC News Tiếng Việt (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2025-01-13.
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