Age: 26 years old
Activity: Social activist
Date of arrest: December 29, 2011
Sentence: Detained without trial
Charge: Propaganda against the socialist state (Article 88)
Current location: Nghe An Detention Center, Nghe An Province
Hoang Phong is a community organizer and member of the John Paul II Group for Pro-Life. He is active in mobilizing against local authorities’ harassment of students of faith and most recently organized candle vigils at the Vinh Diocese. Phong was also arrested in August 2011 but released after three days. His detention is part of a larger crackdown currently totaling 17 human rights defenders (mostly from Vinh Province).