Overview
- Thai authorities transferred the 33-year-old activist on Nov. 28, two days after the Court of Appeal upheld a lower court order permitting extradition.
- The Corrections Department said he was moved from a Bangkok prison to police custody for handover, and his lawyer says authorities have not disclosed his current location.
- Vietnam convicted him in absentia in January on terrorism charges tied to 2023 attacks in Dak Lak that killed nine people, a case he denies.
- UNHCR had recognized him as a refugee after he fled to Thailand in 2018, yet he was jailed in 2024 on immigration charges as Hanoi pursued extradition.
- Human Rights Watch and UN experts say the removal violates Thailand’s anti-torture law and non-refoulement obligations, urging foreign governments to press Hanoi to disclose his whereabouts and allow access.