March 26, 2016
Leading Vietnam Blogger Draws Five-Year Sentence
Asia Sentinel | Mar 24, 2016 Anh Ba Sam charged with “encroaching on state interests” 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 […]
April 1, 2016
Viet Nam: Spike in judicial repression with six convictions in eight days
by Nhan Quyen • Le Thu Ha, Ngo Thi Minh Uoc, Nguyen Huu Vinh (Anh Ba Sam), Nguyen Ngoc Gia, Nguyen Thi Be Hai, Nguyen Thi Tri
Amnesty International, March 31, 2016 Viet Nam must end judicial repression, and immediately and unconditionally release six activists convicted in the past eight days, Amnesty International said. On 30 March 2016, four activists were convicted under Article 88, “spreading propaganda against the state”, in two separate trials. In one case, three women – Ngô Thị […]