Phạm Chí Dũng
Phạm Chí Dũng (born 1966) is a Vietnamese journalist, political activist, dissident and Doctor of Economics. He is the founder of the Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam and has been a member of the Ho Chi Minh City Writers' Association since 1986. In 2019, he was arrested[1] and convicted to 15 years imprisonment for "making, storing, and spreading information, documents, and items for the purpose of opposing the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam" in 2021.[2][3][4][5] He was sentenced with two others and described as the mastermind.[3]
Pham Chi Dung was a member of the Communist Party of Vietnam before resigning in December 2013 and served as an officer at the Internal Security Department of Ho Chi Minh City until July 2012.[5][2][6]
In the course of his activities, Dung has used different pseudonyms.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ VnExpress. "Saigon man arrested for anti-government propaganda - VnExpress International". VnExpress International – Latest news, business, travel and analysis from Vietnam. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ a b c "Man sentenced to jail for 15 years for anti-State propaganda". vietnamnews.vn. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ a b VietnamPlus (2021-01-05). "Imprisonment sentences given to three men for anti-State propaganda | Society | Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus)". VietnamPlus. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ "Vietnam Jails Blogger and Critic Pham Chi Dung for 15 Years". VOA. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ a b "As National Congress Approaches, Vietnam Begins Trial of Dissident Journalists". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ "VN xử tù các ông Phạm Chí Dũng, Nguyễn Tường Thụy, Lê Hữu Minh Tuấn". BBC News Tiếng Việt (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2022-03-21.