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Not a ‘Just’ Transition: Việt Nam’s Green Energy Push and the Silencing of Đặng Đình Bách

By Aerolyne Reed9 min read

On March 17, 2023, environmental lawyer Đặng Đình Bách, imprisoned in Việt Nam since 2021, began a partial hunger strike. By mid-April, when his wife Trần Phương Thảo was allowed to see him, he was “emaciated.”

Bách, a prominent advocate for environmental justice, informed his wife that if he was not exonerated, he would begin a “full hunger strike” on June 24, 2023—the second anniversary of his arrest. He has also reportedly been denied access to his “traditional” asthma medication. [10]

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Aerolyne Reed

Aerolyne Reed is a writer and she does not consider herself as anyone special. She thinks she is just another sound, lost in a multitude of voices, just another soul adrift in the aetherial sea.

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