Vietnam dissident convicted, but released

Dissidents in Vietnam use Facebook to criticise the government (Credit: AFP)

Dissidents in Vietnam use Facebook to criticise the government (Credit: AFP)

AFP | 30 October 2013, 0:06 AEST

A Vietnamese court has convicted an activist of using Facebook to spread criticism of the government, but suspended the 15-month prison sentence it imposed and released him from custody.

A Vietnamese court has convicted an activist of using Facebook to spread criticism of the government, but suspended the 15-month prison sentence it imposed and released him from custody.

30-year-old Dinh Nhat Uy was on trial in the southern province of Long An for “having abused democratic freedoms against the interests of the state”. Continue Reading…