Thái Văn Dung

Thái Văn Dung is a Vietnamese member of the Catholic Church. He was arrested in Vietnam on 19 August 2011, sentenced to 4 years of prison and 4 years of house arrest. The arrest happened during the 2011 crackdown on Vietnamese youth activists, which included 17 other Vietnamese youth activists.

2013 conviction On January 8–9, 2013, 14 Catholic and Protestant activists, one of whom was Thái Văn Dung, stood before the People’s Court of Nghệ An Province on trial. All were sentenced to 3–13 years in prison on charges of subversion.

2015 release On August 19, 2015, Thai Van Dung was released. After 4 years of imprisonment, he confessed “I will bring awareness on the suppressed freedoms of religion and human rights people face in prison”. Dung claims he will continue to protest for Vietnam democracy and is mentally prepared to face prison again. At the same time, authorities continued to pressure him to confess his crime every 3 months.