Pham Minh Hoang

by Defend the Defenders, June 25, 2017 Vietnam’s authorities have deported former political prisoner Pham Minh Hoang to France one month after President Tran Dai Quang signed a decision to revoke his Vietnamese citizenship, his wife Le Thi Kieu Oanh said. Police in Ho Chi Minh City violently detained Mr. Hoang on late afternoon of […]

Reporters Without Borders, June 23, 2017 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Pham Minh Hoang, a blogger with French and Vietnamese dual nationality who was arrested at his home in Ho Chi Minh City this evening, and urges the French authorities to take action in his defence. Police officers […]

RFA, June 23, 2017 Authorities in Vietnam on Friday detained French-Vietnamese professor Pham Minh Hoang, according to his wife, who said the former political prisoner is likely to be expelled from his home country over the weekend following a decision by the government to revoke his citizenship. Kieu Oanh told RFA’s Vietnamese Service that Hoang, […]

Reuters, June 23, 2017 Vietnamese police detained a French dissident of Vietnamese descent for deportation on Friday after the Communist state revoked his Vietnamese citizenship last month, his wife said. Pham Minh Hoang, a 61-year-old activist and mathematics lecturer, had dual French and Vietnamese citizenship before Vietnam canceled his citizenship without giving a reason, a […]

Reporters Without Borders June 19, 2017 – Pham Minh Hoang, an outspoken blogger, free speech advocate and university academic with French and Vietnamese dual nationality, is facing imminent deportation from the country of his birth because the Vietnamese authorities have stripped him of his Vietnamese nationality. Hoang, 62, who lives in Ho Chi Minh City, […]

Việt Nam Thời báo, ngày 16/6/2017 Hôm nay 15/6/2017, trả lời câu hỏi của hãng tin AFP về việc tước quốc tịch Việt Nam của tôi, phát ngôn viên Bộ ngoại giao Lê Thị Thu Hằng đã trả lời rằng “Phạm Minh Hoàng đã vi phạm pháp luật và an ninh quốc gia. Việc tước […]

by Defend the Defenders, June 16, 2017 The decision of Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang to revoke the citizenship of former political prisoner Pham Minh Hoang was made in line with the country’s law, Spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang of Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said. Speaking at a press conference in Hanoi on […]

Reuters, June 15, 2017 Vietnam on Thursday defended its decision to revoke the citizenship of French-Vietnamese dissident Pham Minh Hoang, a former political prisoner who is accused of breaking the law and threatening state security. The 62-year-old mathematics lecturer was told of the decision last week, drawing criticism from human rights groups. The government has […]

Radio Free Asia, June 13, 2017 A decision to strip French-Vietnamese professor and former political prisoner Pham Minh Hoang of his citizenship “marks a new low” for Vietnam’s government, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday, urging the international community to pressure Hanoi to reverse the ruling. In a letter issued on May 17 and signed by […]