Birth date: 1977
Activity: Engineer
Date of arrest: September 10, 2008
Sentence: Sentenced to 4 years imprisonment followed by 4 years house arrest on October 7, 2009
Charge: Propaganda against the socialist state (Article 88)
Current location: Prison Camp 6, Nghe An Province
A member of the Committee for Human Rights in Vietnam, Pham Van Troi was subjected to public denunciation in June 2008 by an organized group of 300 Communist Party members and beaten up in the presence of police officers. Despite constant police intimidation, he travelled to meet other democracy activists and wrote about the harrasment from authorities. He is a recipient of Human Rights Watch’s Hellman/Hammett award.