HANOI: A Vietnamese court on Thursday jailed a leading climate activist for tax evasion, the latest environmentalist put behind bars by the communist ...
: A Vietnamese court on Thursday jailed a leading climate activist for tax evasion, the latest environmentalist put behind bars by the communist government.
“I think it was unfair to Hong. The defence lawyer did his best but his arguments were not considered properly.” Hong founded CHANGE to mobilise Vietnamese, particularly young people, to take action on pressing environmental issues including climate change, the illegal wildlife trade and pollution. Earlier this month Hanoi police detained the director of the Vietnam Initiative for Energy Transition -- an independent energy policy think tank.
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