Vuong Thanh Thuan

Status: In Jail
Days In Jail: 2326 days
Activity: Religious activist
Birth date: 1990
Arrest Date: May 18, 2017
Trial Date: January 23, 2018
Sentence: 7 years in prison
Charge: Article 88 (Propaganda against the socialist state)
Location: Bang Lang Detention Center

Vuong Thanh Thuan is a religious activist from the unsanctioned Hao Hao Buddhism sect . Local authorities arbitrarily detained members of his family including his father, Vuong Van Tha, and cousins, Nguyen Nhat Truong and Nguyen Nhat Thuong, after damaging his house with a water cannon.

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Bang Lang Detention Center

Activists being held at this prison:

Vuong Thanh Thuan

Note on Penal Code provisions:

A revised and expanded penal code took effect January 1, 2018 (known as the “Amended 2015 Penal Code”). While the previous provisions criminalizing political expression remained unchanged, they were renumbered. For instance, Article 79 (attempting to overthrow the government), Article 88 (anti-state propaganda), and Article 258 (abusing democratic rights) were renumbered as Article 109, Article 117, and Article 331, respectively.

For consistency with past media coverage, our database records the Article(s) that the prisoner was charged with (i.e., based on the version of the penal code applicable at the time of the sentencing).

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