Pham Long Dai
Current Status: Released - at risk
Other Names: Phạm Long Đại
Date of Birth: February 18, 1996
Gender: M
Ethnicity: Kinh
Areas of Activism:
- Democracy
Highlighted Human Rights Concerns:
- Former Political Prisoner
June 2023:
Former political prisoner Pham Long Dai, who was released from prison three months early after serving nearly six years for spreading “anti-state propaganda,” told Project 88 that he was physically and psychologically abused by prison guards. They put him in the same cell with prisoners on death row in order to intimidate him and force him to confess. He was not allowed to see a lawyer or his family for months. He was also routinely deprived of food and clean water and could only take a shower twice a week. Dai finally succumbed and signed a “confession” due to the severity of the punishment.
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Pham Long Dai was released three months early, in November 2022.
Details - Background, History of Activism.
Pham Long Dai is from Gia Lai province.
According to state-owned media, on Feb. 16, Dai and other members of his group "collaborated with overseas organizations" to "print and distribute leaflets" in Quy Nhon and An Nhon township, in Binh Dinh’s Tuy Phuoc district. Binh Dinh newspaper said the leaflets had "content that appeals for support for a so-called 'interim national government of Vietnam,' speaks ill of current leaders, propagates and incites the people to subvert the government."
Zing.vn, Nhóm rải tờ rơi chống phá chính quyền lĩnh án, December 28, 2017
Nguoi Viet, Chín người ở Bình Định bị án tù vì cáo buộc ‘chống chế độ,’ December 31, 2017
RFA, Vietnam Jails Nine For ‘Anti-Government’ Activities, December 29, 2017
Arrested February 19, 2017. Sentenced to 6 years in prison and 1 year probation under Art. 88 (1999 Code). Released November 19, 2022.
December 27, 2017
6 years in prison and 1 year probation
February, 2023
November 19, 2022
Pham Long Dai was arrested in February 2017 and sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment under Art. 88 of the 1999 Criminal Code on December 27, 2017. Eight other members of the group were tried the same day and received from 3 to 14 years of imprisonment.
Profile last updated: 2023-06-14 02:16:33