Nguyen Dinh Cuong

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Birth date: February 22, 1981

Activity: Blogger, social activist

Date of arrest: December 24, 2011

Sentence: Detained without trial

Charge: Attempting to overthrow the government (Article 79)

Current location: B14 Detention Center, Hanoi


Nguyen Dinh Cuong is an activist with the John Paul II Group for Pro-Life. He also participated in protests against local government seizure of church lands. His detention is part of a larger crackdown currently totaling 17 human rights defenders (mostly from Vinh Province).

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