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Trương Duy Nhất is a Vietnamese journalist and activist.

2013 arrest in Vietnam

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. 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.

Following his detention, he fled to Thailand in 2016.

2019 abduction from Thailand

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.

In March 2020, Trương was sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of fraud.

References

1. AFP (2019-02-05). "Vietnamese blogger vanishes after fleeing to Thailand". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
2. ^ Hunt, Luke. "Another Vietnamese Blogger Jailed". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
3. "Southeast Asia, the Frontline for a Free Press". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
4. "Vietnamese radio blogger missing in Thailand, raising abduction fear". South China Morning Post. 2019-02-06. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
5. "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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