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Tran Hiep, an Australian human rights advocate and democracy activist, is being held at B34 Detention Centre in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, after going missing on September 18 while traveling from Cambodia. Vietnamese authorities claim he was arrested for alleged illegal entry and affiliation with Viet Tan, a proscribed terrorist organization under the communist government. His wife, Chloe Dang, received confirmation of his detention but remains concerned about his welfare and access to consular services.
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Tran Hiep, an Australian human rights advocate, disappeared after traveling to Phnom Penh, Cambodia on September 18. He was due to meet his wife Chloe Dang at Bangkok's airport but never showed up. According to consular correspondence received by Ms. Dang, Mr. Hiep is being detained in B34 Detention Centre of the Ministry of Public Security in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The Vietnamese authorities claim that he was arrested alongside two other activists and assert that he is currently held as a political prisoner under local regulations. Despite this information, Ms. Dang remains concerned for her husband's safety despite relief at knowing his whereabouts.
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An Australian human rights advocate is being detained in a notorious jail for political prisoners in Vietnam after he went missing.
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Democracy activist Tran Hiep is jailed at B34 Detention Centre of the Ministry of Public Security in Ho Chi Minh City, according to consular correspondence sent to his wife Chloe Dang on Thursday.
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'The correspondence (from Vietnamese authorities) notes that Hiep is in good health and is being detained in accordance with local regulations,' the consular note said.
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Mr Hiep was due to meet his wife at Bangkok's airport after travelling to the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh to meet with human rights defenders.
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Hiep → meet → defenders
But the 51-year-old Melbourne man never boarded his flight and has not been heard from since September 18.
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man → board → September
Vietnamese authorities said that Mr Hiep, also known as Ho Pham Hiep Huy, had been arrested along with two other activists but did not reveal their whereabouts.
Ms Dang, who has returned to Melbourne, said she was relieved to know his exact location but still worried for his safety.
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she → say → safety
'After weeks, I finally got a little more information about my husband.
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The Vietnamese government has stated he is in good condition, but I cannot stop worrying until he is able to meet with Australian consular officials,' she said.
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she → state → officials
Tran Hiep, who founded the Australian Alliance to Combat Human Trafficking, was travelling with Vietnamese-Norwegian human rights activist Nguyen Duc Thuan to meet with dissident Vietnamese activists for training in Cambodia
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who → found → Cambodia
We still don't know when they can visit him.'
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Ms Dang lamented he had to spend his 51st birthday on Wednesday behind bars.
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A United Nations human rights report described the decrepit conditions at the temporary detention facility.
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This included windowless cells and a lack of oxygen with tiny slots in steel doors.
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The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said it would not comment on individual cases because of privacy reasons.
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Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security said the trio were detained on September 18 while allegedly attempting to cross illegally from Cambodia into Vietnam.
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It said they admitted being members of Viet Tan, a pro-democracy diaspora political party which is a proscribed terrorist organisation under Vietnam's communist government.
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The men are accused of entering the country to conduct 'terrorist and sabotage activities' and of forging seals and documents.
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Tran Hiep, a democracy campaigner, was due to meet up with his wife, Chloe Dang, in Bangkok after travelling to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to meet with human rights defenders
Viet Tan has accused Vietnamese authorities of kidnapping Mr Hiep and Mr Thuan.
Mr Hiep founded the Australian Alliance to Combat Human Trafficking and was travelling to meet with dissident Vietnamese activists for training in Cambodia, according to Viet Tan.
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Hiep → meet → Tan
Vietnam has ramped up its crackdown on dissidents in recent years, with some 160 political prisoners locked up.
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prisoners → ramp → years
Activists face long stints of pre-trial detention, without access to lawyers or family in the one-party police state.
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