Birth date: 55 years old
Activity: Land rights activist
Date of arrest: April 2011
Sentence: Sentenced to 7 years imprisonment on October 21, 2011
Charge: Propaganda against the socialist state (Article 88)
Current location: Dong Nai Province
Nguyen Ngoc Cuong publicized the plight of dispossessed farmers by passing out leaflets and giving interviews on online forums. At his trial, he was accused of creating a politically-oriented chat room on Paltalk where he “spoke against the people’s government, misrepresented the direction and policies of the party and state.”