Thailand: Don’t Return Vietnamese Activist

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Le Chi Thanh. © Private The Thai authorities should immediately release Le Chi Thanh, a prominent Vietnamese anti-corruption activist, and ensure that he is not forcibly returned to Vietnam, Human Rights Watch said today.Le Chi Thanh’s lawyers told Human Rights Watch that the Vietnamese embassy in Bangkok has been pressing Thai authorities to deport him as soon as possible to Vietnam, where he would be at serious risk of arbitrary detention, torture, and an unfair trial.“Returning Le Chi Thanh to Vietnam would place the outspoken anti-corruption activist in grave…

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