Vietnamese Abduction Of Activists
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- Victoria PengilleyABC News (AU)
- Australian Associated PressThe Guardian
- Eleanor WilsonSydney Morning Herald
- Farid FaridSydney Morning Herald
- Australian AssociatedDaily Mail
- Helen LivingstoneBBC
- Bac PhamSouth China Morning Post
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“This is a blatant fabrication intended to conceal the fact that the Viet Tan members were abducted in Cambodia and forcibly taken to Vietnam,” the group said in a statement released on Monday night.
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A spokesperson for DFAT said it was providing consular assistance to the family of an Australian reported missing in Cambodia, but could not comment further due to privacy obligations.
Tran Hiep, a 50-year-old Australian Vietnamese democracy campaigner, was due to return to Bangkok, Thailand, to reunite with his wife Chloe Dang after a short trip to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to meet with human rights defenders.
“My husband deserves protection, and I really hope the Australian government will continue to put pressure on Cambodia to do an investigation to find out where he is right now.”
Vietnam in recent years has ramped up its crackdown on dissidents, with more than 55 activists arrested under broad criminal laws in 2025.
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- 28 Sep
“The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is providing consular assistance to the family of an Australian reported missing in Cambodia,” a department spokesperson said on Monday.
- 29 Sep
Fears are growing for an Australian activist missing in Cambodia after a human rights group said he was abducted by Vietnamese authorities in an act of 'transnational repression'.
Coverage 7 articles
2 Oct Fears Melbourne man detained in Vietnam is facing terror charges
Sydney Morning Herald
29 Sep Vietnam charges 3 men with terrorism as abduction claim emerges
South China Morning Post
29 Sep Rights group accuses Vietnam of abducting Australian and Norwegian activists
BBC
29 Sep Aussie is 'abducted' in Cambodia before meeting up with his wife
Daily Mail29 Sep Australian activist ‘abducted’ in Cambodia by Vietnamese government, rights group claims
Sydney Morning Herald
28 Sep Melbourne human rights activist disappears in Cambodia as wife urges Albanese government help
The Guardian28 Sep Vietnamese authorities abducted activists in Cambodia, coworkers say
ABC News (AU)
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