Đường Văn Thái is a Vietnamese journalist.
Career Đường created YouTube videos and social media posts criticizing the Vietnamese government and Communist Party of Vietnam. He fled to Thailand in 2018, where he was granted refugee status.
2023 abduction in Thailand On 13 April 2023, Đường was abducted from his home in Pathum Thani province, Thailand. Human Rights Watch characterized his abduction as a kidnapping by state agents of Vietnam. He later appeared in custody in Vietnam, where he was sentenced to 12 years in prison on charges of publishing anti-state propaganda in a Hanoi court.
See also List of kidnappings (2020–present) Trương Duy Nhất, Vietnamese journalist abducted from Thailand in 2019 and sentenced to prison in Vietnam
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