The term “prisoner of conscience” is not new in Vietnam’s public discourse, but the case of Trịnh Bá Phương highlights a deepening and aggressive wound in the country’s human rights record. Phương’s story is a stark demonstration of how, in a single-party state, genuine social criticism is systematically …
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