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Nguyen Van Oai

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Birth date: June 18, 1981

Activity: Engineer, social activist

Date of arrest: July 30, 2011

Sentence: Detained without trial

Charge: Attempting to overthrow the government (Article 79)

Current location: B14 Detention Center, Hanoi

Nguyen Van Oai is a member of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. He attended the citizen journalism training of the Vietnam Redemptorist News (VRNs) and helped report on the anti-China protests in Vietnam during summer 2011. His arrest is part of a larger crackdown currently totaling 17 human rights defenders (mostly from Vinh Province).

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