A Vietnamese dissident has been convicted of speaking out inside prison against the ruling Communist Party and sentenced to another 11 years behind bars

Author: DAVID RISING Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 30/09/2025 | 12:09:54

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Trinh Ba Phuong was already serving a 10-year sentence on charges of spreading anti-state propaganda. The conviction was reported by opposition media based outside of Vietnam. Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not report the case. The 40-year-old is a campaigner in support of human rights, land rights and environmental protections. He was arrested later that year and convicted in 2021 of spreading propaganda against the state. His most recent conviction is “the first instance of a Vietnamese political prisoner being prosecuted”

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