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19 Mar 2021

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Radio Free Asia

Vietnam: Land-rights activist Trinh Ba Phuong sent to new prison without word to his family

"Vietnam Land Activist Sent to New Prison Without Word to His Family", 19 March 2021

Vietnamese land-rights activist Trinh Ba Phuong has been transferred to a new detention center without word given to his family, according to his wife, who attempted to visit him at his former jail this week.

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A well-known land-rights activist in Hanoi, Trinh Ba Phuong was arrested on June 24, 2020 with his younger brother, Trinh Ba Tu, and his mother, Can Thi Theu, on charges of “creating, storing, and disseminating information, documents, items and publications opposing the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.”

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They had also offered information to foreign embassies and other international figures to try to raise awareness of the incident. While all land is ultimately held by the state, land confiscations have become a flashpoint as residents accuse the government of pushing small landholders aside in favor of lucrative real estate projects, and of paying too little in compensation to farming families displaced by development.

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