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Age: 59 years old

Activity: Blogger

Date of arrest: March 26, 2011

Sentence: Sentenced to 4 years imprisonment followed by 3 years house arrest on August 22, 2011

Charge: Propaganda against the socialist state (Article 88)

Current location: Unknown


Lu Van Bay is a prolific writer whose articles have been published in leading Vietnamese-language websites based abroad. As a former political prisoner—he was detained for six years in 1977 for “counter-revolutionary activities”—Lu Van Bay wrote under pen names to maintain his personal safety.

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