June 12, 2017
French dual national loses Vietnam citizenship
AFP, June 12, 2017 Vietnam has stripped a French-Vietnamese former political prisoner and mathematics lecturer of his citizenship, according to an official letter seen by AFP. Pham Minh Hoang, 62, who has dual nationality, was sentenced to three years in jail for attempted subversion in 2011, but was released after 17 months and ordered to […]
June 13, 2017
Vietnam: Human rights defender Pham Minh Hoang deprived of Vietnamese citizenship, faces deportation
by Nhan Quyen • Pham Minh Hoang
Front Line Defender, June 12, 2017 On 10 June 2017, French-Vietnamese human rights defender, Pham Minh Hoang, received a copy of a stamped letter from President Tran Dai Quang confirming the “removal of [his] Vietnamese citizenship”. According to the letter dated 17 May 2017, the decision was based on article 88 of the Criminal Code, […]