July 26, 2017
Vietnam: Tran Thi Nga sentenced to nine years imprisonment
Front Line Defenders, July 25, 2017 On 25 July 2017, the People’s Court in Ha Nam, south of Hanoi, sentenced human rights defender Tran Thi Nga to nine years imprisonment followed by an additional 5 years of house arrest. She was charged under Article 88 of the Vietnamese Penal Code for “using the Internet to […]
July 26, 2017
Viet Nam: ‘Outrageous’ jailing of land rights activist for nine years
by Nhan Quyen • Tran Thi Nga (Tran Thuy Nga)
Amnesty International, July 26, 2017 Responding to the conviction and sentencing of the labour and land rights activist Trần Thị Nga to nine years in prison for “conducting propaganda against the state” in Viet Nam today, Amnesty International’s Deputy Campaigns Director for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Josef Benedict, said: “Today’s conviction and imprisonment of […]