Nguyen Ngoc Tuong Thi

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Age: 25 years old

Activity: Land rights activist

Date of arrest: April 2011

Sentence: Sentenced to 2 years imprisonment on October 21, 2011

Charge: Propaganda against the socialist state (Article 88)

Current location: Dong Nai Province


Nguyen Ngoc Tuong Thi helped publicize the plight of dispossessed farmers. Along with his father Nguyen Ngoc Cuong, Thi was accused of creating a politically-oriented chat room on Paltalk where they “spoke against the people’s government, misrepresented the direction and policies of the party and state.”

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