Birth date: June 17, 1958
Activity: Evangelist in the Mennonite Church, land rights activist
Date of arrest: November 19, 2010
Sentence: Sentenced to 2 years imprisonment followed by 3 years house arrest on May 30, 2011
Charge: Attempting to overthrow the government (Article 79)
Current location: Ben Tre Detention Center, Ben Tre Province
Nguyen Chi Thanh, a bricklayer by profession, is a land rights activist and evangelist in the Mennonite Church. In 2011, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention ruled that the Hanoi government’s detention and conviction of Nguyen Chi Thanh and 6 other activists is in violation of international law.
