Cù Huy Hà Vũ

Cù Huy Hà Vũ is a Vietnamese legal scholar. A government critic and a dissident, he was taken into custody in 2010 on charges of "propaganda against the state" and "plotting to overthrow the communist government of Vietnam". On 4 April 2011, Vũ was sentenced to 7 years in prison for "spreading anti-state propaganda", drawing protests from human rights groups, the Roman Catholic Church, and the international community.

In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Cù. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Vũ.
Cù Huy Hà Vũ
Born (1957-12-02) 2 December 1957
Ân Phú, Vũ Quang, Hà Tĩnh, North Vietnam (now Vietnam
NationalityVietnamese
CitizenshipVietnamese citizenship , American citizenship
EducationDoctorate in law
Alma materUniversity of Paris
OccupationLawyer
Known forActivist and dissident
SpouseNguyen Thi Duong Ha
Parent(s)Ngo Thi Xuan Nhu (mother)
Cù Huy Cận (father)

On 6 April 2014, Vũ was released from prison and taken to Noi Bai International Airport to be flown to Dulles International Airport, along with his wife.

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