Vietnam holding climate activist incommunicado: rights groups

Hanoi (AFP) June 20, 2023

A prominent Vietnamese climate activist detained for alleged tax evasion is being held incommunicado and has no access to a lawyer, rights groups said on Tuesday.

Hoang Thi Minh Hong – the founder of now-defunct NGO CHANGE, which advocated for action on climate change and wildlife protection – is the latest environmentalist to be accused of tax evasion by Vietnam’s authoritarian government
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