US EditionThailand Extradites UN-Recognized Vietnamese Activist to Vietnam
Y Quynh Bdap was extradited despite UN refugee status and warnings from rights groups that he faces a 10-year prison term in Vietnam for alleged 2023 terrorism offenses.
- A UN-recognized refugee, Y Quynh Bdap, was extradited by Thailand to Vietnam, where he faces a decade in prison, his lawyer Nadthasiri Bergman said, with the handover on Nov 28.
- The Thai appeal court's decision last week upheld Bdap's extradition after he was detained in Bangkok for lacking proper travel documents and had lived in exile since 2018.
- Thai immigration said Bdap was handed over to Vietnamese officials without giving further details, while Bergman stated `We have no news about his fate`, and the police did not immediately respond.
- After the handover on Friday, Nadthasiri Bergman said Bdap's whereabouts are unknown, while UN experts warned of risk of `torture or other ill-treatment or punishment` and HRW condemned the extradition.
- Vietnamese police say Bdap founded Montagnards Stand for Justice and accused him of directing the 2023 attacks; about 100 were tried and 53 convicted as Vietnam rejects ethnic crackdown claims.
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BANGKOK: A Vietnamese activist who was granted refugee status by the UN has been extradited by Thailand to Vietnam, where he faces a decade in prison, his lawyer said on Monday (Dec 1).A Thai appeal court ruled last week to allow the extradition of Y Quynh Bdap, who had lived in exile in Thailand since 2018.
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Picture courtesy of Amnesty International Thai authorities have extradited Vietnamese activist Y Quynh Bdap, who had been detained in Bangkok since June 2024, despite warnings from rights groups that he could face danger in Vietnam. His lawyer, Nadthasiri Bergman, confirmed on 1 December, that Bdap’s whereabouts are currently unknown following the handover on Friday. Bdap, 33, co-founded the Montagnards Stand for Justice group advocating…
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