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Vietnamese Penal code on "Abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of <br />the State ", released and is currently under house arrest. <br />13. Nguyen Van Thuy (Nguyen Van Thuy): Born: 1981. A Hoa -Hao Buddhist activist, <br />arrested on 4/22/2006 in Dong Thap Province, sentenced on 5/03/2007 to 5 years in prison <br />for "Causing public disorder" & "Resisting persons in the performance of their official <br />duties" under Article 245 & 257 of the Vietnamese Penal code. Released and is currently <br />under house arrest. <br />14. Nguyen Van Tinh (Nguyen Van Tinh): Born: 1942. Staff writer for the dissident <br />newsletter To Quoc (Motherland), arrested in Hai Phong on 9/24/2008, sentenced on <br />10/09/2009 to 3 years in prison and 3 years of house arrest for "Conducting propaganda <br />against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam" under Article 88 of the Vietnamese Penal <br />Code. Released and is currently under house arrest. <br />15. Pham Ba Hai (Pham BA Hai): Born: 1968. Leader of Bach Dang Giang Organization, <br />arrested in Saigon on 9/072006, sentenced on 8/8/2008 to 5 years in prison and 2 years of <br />house arrest for "Conducting propaganda against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam" under <br />Article 88 of the Vietnamese Penal Code. Released and is currently under house arrest. <br />16. Pham Minh Hoang (Pham Minh Hoang, aka Phan Kien Quoc): Born: 1955. French <br />citizen, a math lecturer at the Saigon Polytechnic University, accused of a member & <br />collaborating with the Vietnam Reform Party (Dang Viet Tdn), detained on August 13, <br />2010, sentenced on 8/10/201 Ito 3 years' imprisonment and 3 years of house arrest, under <br />Article 79 of the Vietnamese Penal Code on "activities aimed at overthrowing the people's <br />administration ". At appeal court on 11/29/2011 sentence was reduced to 17 months' <br />imprisonment and 3 years of house arrest. Released and is currently under house arrest. <br />17. Phan Van Loi (Phan Van Lai): Born: 1951. Catholic priest, one of leaders of Bloc 8406, <br />director & editor in chief of "Freedom of expression" magazine. Arrested 10/29/1981 in <br />Hue, sentenced on 11/20/1982 to 4 years' imprisonment + 3 year of "Re- educated" <br />detainment. Released in 1988, since then is under house arrest until now. <br />18. Thich Quang Do ( Thich Quang D6, aka Dang Phuc Tue): Born: 1928. Buddhist leader, <br />Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, arrested in Ho Chi Minh City in April <br />1977, tried on 12/08//1978 and released, rearrested on 02/25/1982 and exiled to home village <br />of Vu Doai, returned on his own in March 1992 to Saigon, arrested for the third time on <br />01/04/1995 for writing a 44 -page document detailing the persecution of the UBCV at the <br />hands of the communist government, tried on 8/15/1995 to 5 years in prison, released on <br />8/30/1998, formally placed under house (i.e. temple) arrest since June 2001 at Thanh Minh <br />Zen Monastery. <br />19. Tran Duc Thach (Tran Ddc Thach): Born: 1952. Poet, member of Bloc 8406, arrested on <br />9/10/2008, sentenced on 10/06/2009 to 3 years in prison and 3 years of house arrest for <br />"Conducting propaganda against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam" under Article 88 of <br />the Vietnamese Penal Code. Released and is currently under house arrest. <br />20. Tran Quoc Hien (Tran Quoc Hien): Born: 1965. Attorney, spokeman for the United <br />Workers- Farmers Organization of Viet Nam (Hiep h6i down ket cling n6ng Viet Nam), <br />arrested in Saigon on 1/12/2007, sentenced on 5/15/2007 to 5 years' imprisonment and 2 <br />years of house arrest, under Article 88 of the Vietnamese Penal Code on "Conducting <br />Vietnam Human Rights Network * Annual Report 2011 53 <br />