September 26, 2012
Vietnam Human Rights Network Protests against the Prison Sentences Handed down to Three Human Rights Activists Nguyen Van Hai, Ta Phong Tan, and Phan Thanh Hai.
Sept 24, 2012 – During a hasty and crooked trial in Saigon on September 24, 2012, three Vietnamese human rights activist bloggers were severely sentenced on charge of “Conducting propaganda against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam” under Article 88 of the Vietnamese Penal Code as follows:
September 26, 2012
Vietnam Widens Crackdown on Free Expression with Conviction of Bloggers
by Defend the Defenders • Nguyen Van Hai (Dieu Cay), Phan Thanh Hai (AnhBaSaigon), Ta Phong Tan
Sep 25, 2012 – Freedom House condemns the conviction of three Vietnamese pro-democracy bloggers for expressing political dissent and calls for their immediate release. The Vietnamese government must end its campaign against those exercising their right to free expression online.