Le Cong Dinh

Quick Facts

Full Name	Le Cong Dinh
Occupation	Human Rights Activist
Date Of Birth	Oct 1, 1968(1968-10-01)
Age	56
Country	Vietnam
Birth City	Ho Chi Minh City
Horoscope	Libra

Le Cong Dinh Biography

Le Cong Dinh is one of the most popular and richest Human Rights Activist who was born on October 1, 1968 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Le Cong Dinh (chu Han: Li Gong Ding ; born on October 1st 1968) is a Vietnamese lawyer who served on the defence of a number of prominent Human Rights cases throughout Vietnam. He was opposed to mining of bauxite in central region of Vietnam. He was detained in the hands of Vietnam’s Vietnamese authorities on the 13th of June, 2009, on accusations that he was a threat to “national security”, though the government’s arrest was greeted from the world community, with a strong protests. Le Cong Dinh is one Amnesty International’s prisoners conscience.

On the 24th of December on 2009 Dinh has been charged for “attempts to overthrow the state” following being accused of “spreading anti-government propaganda”.

On January 20, 2010, he was convicted and sentenced to 5 years in prison for subversion. His co-defendants, Nguyễn Tiến Trung, Trần Huỳnh Duy Thức and Lê Thăng Long received sentences from 7 to 16 years.

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) describes Dinh as a “peaceful human rights defender” and released a statement that “The arrest of Le Cong Dinh demonstrates a disturbing but familiar pattern. Peaceful advocates for religious freedom and related human rights are intimidated, harassed, and jailed. Le Cong Dinh’s arrest demonstrates that no human rights, including the freedom of religion, are secure in Vietnam.”

On the 17th of June 2009 Amnesty International, who granted Le Cong Dinh with the position of a prisoners of conscience published an appeal to the authorities to immediately release him as well as for them to “either repeal or amend provisions in the 1999 Penal Code which criminalize peaceful political dissent”.

Le Cong Dinh Net Worth

Le Cong Dinh is one of the richest Human Rights Activist from Vietnam. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Le Cong Dinh 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Dinh was a law student during his time at Hanoi Law School and Saigon University. He completed his studies at the United States at Tulane University as an Fulbright scholar. He received the master’s degree in law from Tulane in 2000.

As of 2003 Dinh was employed by a law company in the area known as YKVN that provides local assistance services to White & Case LLP, as a law firm based in the US that was selected by the US government to be represented VASEP (Vietnam Association of Seafood Export Processors) an industrial group which successfully represented Vietnamese fishermen in a dispute about trade within the US Department of Commerce.

On June 13, 2009 police from the Ministry of Public Security’s Investigation Security Agency raided Le Cong Dinh’s law offices. He was arrested on “national security charges” under article 88 of Vietnam’s criminal code (“conducting propaganda against the government”). Since his arrest, his current location and condition is unknown.

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Le Ranked on the list of most popular Human Rights Activist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Vietnam. Le Cong Dinh celebrates birthday on October 1 of every year.