Phạm Minh Hoàng
In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Phạm. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Hoàng.
Phạm Minh Hoàng (born 1955) is a Vietnamese French-educated lecturer in applied mathematics at the Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Technology,[1][2] who was arrested in Vietnam on charges of belonging to the pro-democracy organization Viet Tan, which is banned in Vietnam.[3]
Background
At the time of the arrest, he was a temporary teaching applied mathematics at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology.[1]
Hoang's wife, Le Thi Kieu Oanh, believed her husband was arrested because he supported the protests against controversial Chinese-run bauxite mines in Vietnam's Central Highlands.[1] Hoang was in police custody from August 13, 2010,[4] was later convicted of holding membership in Viet Tan, and released on 13 January 2012.[5]
See also
External links
- Viet Tan Press Release "On the Charges Against Professor Pham Minh Hoang"
- "Vietnam jails dissident blogger Pham Minh Hoang", BBC, 10 August 2011
- "Vietnam jails French-Vietnamese teacher Pham Minh Hoang over blogs", Chicago Sun-Times, August 10, 2011
References
- 1 2 3 "Vietnam arrests math professor on political charges". DPA. 2010-08-17. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- ↑ Salma Abdelaziz (2010-10-10). "Bloggers detained... but others write on". CNN. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
- ↑ "Vietnamese opposition party says arrested dissident was member". DPA. 2010-09-09. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- ↑ RTT Staff Writer (Sep 29, 2010). "Vietnam Indicts Pro-democracy Activist On Subversion Charges". RTTNews. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
- ↑ "CCS Welcomes the Release of Vietnamese Professor, Pham Minh Hoang CCS". Committee of Concerned Scientists. January 26, 2012. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
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