Birth date: 1955
Activity: Land rights activist, merchant
Date of arrest: February 2007
Sentence: Sentenced to 5 years imprisonment followed by 2 years house arrest on March 30, 2007
Charge: Propaganda against the socialist state (Article 88)
Current location: K4 Prison Camp, Dong Nai Province
A member of Bloc 8406 and the Vietnam Progression Party, Nguyen Binh Thanh was tried together with Father Nguyen Van Ly, Nguyen Phong, Le Thi Le Hang and Hoang Thi Anh Dao on March 30, 2007 for their peaceful political activities. For assisting with the production of the unsanctioned newspaper Tu Do Ngon Luan (Freedom of Speech), Nguyen Binh Thanh was charged with disseminating “propaganda against the state.”
