Tran Thi My Linh
Trần Thị Mỹ Linh
Detainment Type: At risk
Other Names: Trần Thị Mỹ Linh, Cat Linh
Date of Birth: December 8, 1998
Gender: F
Religion: Christian (Catholic)
Ethnicity: Kinh
Occupation: Student
Activist Focus:
- Democracy
- Freedom of expression
- Human rights
- Press
Details
Background
Tran Thi My Linh is from Ha Tinh province. She is now living in Ha Noi.
Profile photo source: Facebook Cat Linh
History of ActivismMy Linh often shares her views on social issues through her Facebook account Cat Linh, with more than 13.000 followers, and YouTube channel, Cát Linh Official.
February 27, 2019: detained for live-streaming on Facebook about North Korea and U.S. summit
On February 27, 2019, Tran Thi My Linh (Cat Linh) and Le Dung Vova were arrested at 5:30 pm while photographing and filming Donald Trump’s convoy passing by Trang Tien Street, during the North Korea and United States summit. They both were detained at Trang Tien police station.
Linh was released at 1:00 am the next day.
October 6, 2019: detained for seven hours and property confiscated
- Property destruction
- Summons
- Detention
October 6, 2019
A cafeteria at To Hien Thanh Street, Hai Ba Trung District, Ha Noi (map)
On October 6, 2019, three members of Chan Hung Nuoc Viet TV, an independent media organization that reports news and debates on national issues, joined a workshop on the East Sea (South China Sea) in Hanoi. They were Vu Manh Tuan, Le Dung Vova (Le Van Dung), and Cat Linh (Tran Thi My Linh).
After the workshop ended, they went to a cafeteria at To Hien Thanh Street, Hai Ba Trung District, for lunch. At 11:38 AM, a group of more than ten public security officers stormed into the place and “invited” the trio to Nguyen Gia Thieu’s police station, where they were detained and interrogated separately about their journalism activities for more than seven hours.
Police requested that they delete all the recordings and notes from the workshop and also confiscated all of their property, notably eight cell phones, two cameras, and other types of equipment.
The three were all released at 6:00 PM and told to return and work with police again the next day.
Profile last updated: 2024-06-13 20:34:05