Phan Thanh Hai

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Birth date: 1969

Activity: Land rights activist, merchant

Date of arrest: October 18, 2010

Sentence: Detained without trial

Charge: Propaganda against the socialist state (Article 88)

Current location: Phan Dang Luu Prison, Saigon


Phan Thanh Hai, a well-known figure in the Vietnamese blogosphere, writes under the pen name AnhBaSG (Saigon Brother Three). He is a member of the unsanctioned Club of Free Journalists of which prominent bloggers Dieu Cay and Ta Phong Tan are also members. He is a recipient of the Hellman/Hammett award from Human Rights Watch.

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