Truong Dat Tu
Current Status: At risk
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Other Names: Trương Đắt Tứ
Date of Birth:
Gender: M
Occupation: Teaching professional
Areas of Activism:
- Freedom of expression
- Human rights
Details - Background, History of Activism.
Truong Dat Tu, living in Dak Lak Province, used to be an education and training official at College of Industry and Trade.
He was also known as a freelance journalist, who advocates for freedom of expression. Because of taking a photo, in which Tu claimed political prisoner Huynh Thuc Vy’s innocence, Tu was fired from his job.
Thầy giáo kiêm phóng viên tự do bị đuổi việc vì chụp hình ủng hộ Huỳnh Thục Vy, December 12, 2018, Vietnamese Teachers Union
December 9, 2018: fired from his job for supporting Huynh Thuc Vy
Dismissal
December 9, 2018
- Public security
- Public institutions
School of Law Ban Me Thuot 179 Ton Duc Thang Street, Civil Group 8, Buon Ma Thuot City, Dak Lak province (map)
- freedom of expression
- freedom from discrimination
Truong Dat Tu, an official in Education and Training Office for the Vietnam Industrial and Commercial College, took a photo to show his support of Huynh Thuc Vy, an activist who was sentenced to prison for defacing the Vietnamese flag. The Head of the Public Security department of Dak Lak Province, Vu Hong Van, pressured the college to dismiss him, and the dean of the college followed their direction. Tu was fired from his job, according to the news revealed by Facebooker Hung Tran on December 9, 2018.
Thầy giáo kiêm phóng viên tự do bị đuổi việc vì chụp hình ủng hộ Huỳnh Thục Vy, December 12, 2018, Vietnamese Teachers Union
Profile last updated: 2019-04-28 20:35:00