Đường Văn Thái (journalist)

Đường Văn Thái is a Vietnamese journalist.[1][2]

Career

Đường created YouTube videos and social media posts criticizing the Vietnamese government and Communist Party of Vietnam.[1] He fled to Thailand in 2018, where he was granted refugee status.[3]

2023 abduction in Thailand

On 13 April 2023, Đường was abducted from his home in Pathum Thani province, Thailand.[4] Human Rights Watch characterized his abduction as a kidnapping by state agents of Vietnam.[5] He later appeared in custody in Vietnam, where he was sentenced to 12 years in prison on charges of publishing anti-state propaganda in a Hanoi court.[1][6]

See also

  • Trương Duy Nhất, Vietnamese journalist abducted from Thailand in 2019 and sentenced to prison in Vietnam

References

  1. ^ a b c "Vietnamese Court Sentences Dissident Blogger to 12 Years in Prison". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
  2. ^ "Vì sao 5 cựu đảng viên lãnh án tù cùng blogger Đường Văn Thái?". BBC News Tiếng Việt (in Vietnamese). 2024-12-12. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
  3. ^ "Vietnamese Blogger Reportedly Kidnapped in Bangkok". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
  4. ^ "Vietnam jails blogger snatched from Thailand". Bangkok Post. 2024-10-31. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
  5. ^ "Vietnam accused of abducting blogger from Thailand". Bangkok Post. 2023-04-21. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
  6. ^ "Ông Đường Văn Thái lãnh án 12 năm tù: các tổ chức nhân quyền quốc tế phản đối". BBC News Tiếng Việt (in Vietnamese). 2024-10-31. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
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