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Thi Bich

Thị Bích

Detainment Type: Likely released - at risk

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Other Names: Thị Bích

Date of Birth: 1956

Gender: F

Ethnicity: Khmer Krom

Occupation: Farmer

Activist Focus:

  • Land rights

Details

Background

Thi Bich lives and works in Giang Thanh district, Kien Giang Province.

Sentenced to 1 year probation under Art. 330 (2015 Code). Expected Release is December 3, 2021.

December 3, 2020
  • Art 330
Provincial/city
Giang Thanh District (map)
December 3, 2020 - Date of trial
1 year probation
December 3, 2021
Details of Imprisonment

Authorities in Kien Giang Province arrested six family members-- detaining Huynh Van Dep and subjecting others to a ban on leaving their home-- for their participation in a land dispute in a Khmer Krom community in May. The Khmer Krom, an ethnic minority group, have long faced harassment and discrimination from the state, and land rights disputes are common in the country, as no private land rights exist. 

The authorities accused Thi Bich of resisting and obstructing officers in carrying out their public duties. 

Her arrest date is listed as his trial date, as she was not subject to pre-trial detention. Some other family members were briefly arrested without any formal charge, while Bich and three others were tried.

Actions Taken
  • Khmer Kampuchea Krom for Human Rights and Development Association
  • Khmer Kampuchea Krom Federation

(From Vietnam Arrests Khmer Krom Family Over Land Dispute Clash, RFA, June 9, 2020)

Resources

Kiên Giang: Tuyên án 4 đối tượng chống người thi hành công vụ, Voice of Vietnam, December 5, 2020

Profile last updated: 2024-06-13 20:34:06

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