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Dinh Thi Thu Thuy

February 6, 2021

Prominent Prisoner of Conscience Tran Huynh Duy Thuc Ends Hunger Strike after 70 Days Fasting, Female Activist Dinh Thi Thu Thuy Hospitalized Right after Being Convicted

by • Dinh Thi Thu Thuy, Tran Huynh Duy Thuc

Defend the Defenders, February 5, 2021   Prominent prisoner of conscience Tran Huynh Duy Thuc, who is serving his 16-year imprisonment in Prison camp No. 6 in the central province of Nghe An, has ended his lengthy hunger strike while jailed female activist Dinh Thi Thu Thuy, who was sentenced to seven years on January […]

January 20, 2021

Female Activist Dinh Thi Thu Thuy Convicted of “Conducting Anti-state Propaganda,” Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison

by • Dinh Thi Thu Thuy

  Defend the Defenders, January 20, 2021   On January 20, the People’s Court of Hau Giang province found local women human rights defender (WHRD) and environmentalist Dinh Thi Thu Thuy guilty of “conducting anti-state propaganda” under Article 117 of the Criminal Code for her posts on Facebook regarding the country’s issues, including China’s violations […]

January 15, 2021

Trial against Activist Dinh Thi Thu Thuy Scheduled on January 20, Five Days Before 13th National Congress of Ruling CPV

by • Dinh Thi Thu Thuy

Defend the Defenders, January 15, 2021   On January 20, authorities in Vietnam’s southern province of Hau Giang will hold the first-instance hearing for local human rights defender and environmentalist Dinh Thi Thu Thuy. The trial comes nine months after her arrest and just five days before the 13th National Congress of the ruling Communist […]

December 4, 2020

Activist Dinh Thi Thu Thuy Permitted to Meet Her Lawyers For First Time Nearly Eight Months after Being Arrested, Trial Expected Soon

by • [Human Rights], Dinh Thi Thu Thuy

    Defend the Defenders, December 3, 2020   Authorities in Vietnam’s southern province of Hau Giang have allowed local human rights defender and environmentalist Dinh Thi Thu Thuy to meet her lawyers for the first time seven and half months after her arrest in mid-April this year, her family informed Defend the Defenders. Accordingly, on December […]

August 19, 2020

Hau Giang Police Extend Investigation Period against Local Activist Dinh Thi Thu Thuy

by • Dinh Thi Thu Thuy

Defend the Defenders, August 19, 2020   The police in Vietnam’s southern province of Hau Giang have extended the investigation period against local human rights defender Dinh Thi Thuy Thuy by four more months, Defend the Defenders has learned. Talking to Defend the Defenders, her younger sister Dinh Thi Hien said her family has received […]

April 18, 2020

Vietnam Arrests 7th Activist So Far This Year, Accusing Her of “Conducting Anti-state Propaganda”

by • Dinh Thi Thu Thuy

Defend the Defenders, April 18, 2020   Vietnam’s communist regime has not stopped its crackdown on the local dissent amid increasing threat of COVID-19 outbreak nationwide, arresting the 7th activist so far this year. On April 18, authorities in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang arrested female activist Dinh Thi Thu Thuy, charging her […]