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Two Years Later, Formosa Toxic Pollution Still Sends People to Prison in Vietnam

By Quynh-Vi Tran3 min read

April 24, 2018| After an approximate three-hour hearing, the Appellate Court of Nghe An Province, Vietnam, affirmed the 14-year sentence for blogger and human rights defender, Hoàng Đức Bình, in relation to the 2017 protests of Catholic fishermen in the areas affected by the Formosa environmental disaster.

Hoàng Đức Bình, a member of the Viet Labor Movement, was sentenced earlier this year by a trial court in February.

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Quynh-Vi Tran

She’s the managing editor of The Vietnamese Magazine. With a background in law and journalism, she covers criminal justice, freedom of expression, and human rights in general.

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