Saturday, March 26, 2016

Leading Vietnam blogger draws five-year sentence...

The Hanoi People’s Court on March 23 sentenced prominent independent blogger Nguyễn Hữu Vinh, known also by his pen name Anh Ba Sam or “Brother Gossip,” to five years in prison for charges related to his work.

Under the Vietnamese Criminal Code he was charged with “misusing democratic freedom to encroach on State interests [and] the legitimate rights of groups and individuals.”

Vinh’s administrative assistant, Nguyễn Minh Thúy, who refused to turn state’s evidence against him, drew a three year term.

The verdicts provide the first substantial indication of how Vietnam’s new leaders may manage civil rights cases. The short answer seems to to be: much the same as their predecessors. Full story...

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