Age: 23 years old
Activity: Social activistt
Date of arrest: August 27, 2011
Sentence: Detained without trial
Charge: Attempting to overthrow the government (Article 79)
Current location: B14 Detention Center, Hanoi
Tran Minh Nhat writes for the Vietnam Redemptorist News. He was arrested at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Languages and Information Technology. Nhat’s detention is part of a larger crackdown currently totaling 17 human rights defenders (mostly from Vinh Province).
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