Human Rights Watch accuses Vietnam of abducting blogger from Thailand


Bangkok, April 21, 2023 (AFP): Human Rights Watch on Friday accused Vietnam of kidnapping a blogger critical of the communist government who was living as a refugee in Thailand.

Thai Van Duong, who fled to Thailand in 2019 to escape Vietnamese authorities and was subsequently given refugee status, disappeared last week.

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