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Vietnam: Climate activist sentenced to 3 years in prison for tax fraud

By DW
28 September 2023   |   12:55 pm
A court in Ho Chi Minh City handed down a 3-year prison sentence to leading climate activist Hoang Thi Minh Hong on charges of dodging taxes during the time she ran a climate non-profit group called Change.

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