Dinh Nong

Current Status: Sentenced to prison

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Other Names: Đinh Nông, Bă Pol

Date of Birth: 1965

Gender: M

Religion: Christian (Protestant)

Ethnicity: Montagnard

Areas of Activism:

Religious freedom

Details - Background.

Background

Dinh Nong is a Protestant Christian from Gia Lai province in the Central Highlands.

Resources

Prisoners of Conscience in Viet Nam, Amnesty International, April 2018

Arrested September, 2016. Sentenced to 8 years in prison under Art. 87 (1999 Code). Expected Release is September, 2024.

Arrest September, 2016

Charges

Art. 87 (1999 Code)

Authority of Arrest

Location (map)

Trial April, 2017

Court of First Instance

Defense Counsels

Sentence 8 years in prison

Expected Release September, 2024

Actual Release

Rights Violated

Actions Taken By

Details of Imprisonment

Dinh Nong was arrested along with four co-defendants in September 2016 under Article 87 for "undermining national unity policy." He and the others were tried in Gai Lai in April 2017; he received an eight-year sentence.

Profile last updated: 2018-04-22 22:47:31