Do Thi Minh Hanh

Labor organizer

Birth date: March 13, 1985

Activity: Labor organizer

Date of arrest: February 23, 2010

Sentence: Sentenced to 7 years imprisonment on October 27, 2010

Charge: Disrupting security and order against the people’s administration (Article 89)

Current location: Tra Vinh Province


Do Thi Minh Hanh has been organizing farmers and workers and reporting on their struggles since she was 18. In February 2010, she was arrested for distributing leaflets at a shoe factory in Tra Vinh province where 10,000 workers eventually went on strike. Her health has reportedly deteriorated significantly in prison.