Le Cong Dinh
HRD, lawyer
Le Cong Dinh is a prominent human rights lawyer and the former Vice-President of the Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association. He sat on the defence of many high profile human rights cases in Vietnam. In 2009, he spoke out against the extraction of bauxite in the Central Highlands, and has also called for political reform in Vietnam.
Le Cong Dinh Vakalar
HRDs working for accountability and democracy receive accusations of being “foreign spies or agents”, “traitors”, or “violators of public order and peace”. HRDS are also subjected to intimidation, threats, interrogation, harassment, arbitrary arrest and detention. When put on trial, they are very often sentenced to heavy jail terms for their human rights work, and mistreated in prison.
