April 6, 2013
Vietnamese ‘Folk Hero’ Gets Five Years for Defending Farm
A court in northern Vietnam on Friday sentenced a former soldier-turned farmer and his family members up to five years in prison for putting up an armed fight against security forces who evicted them from their farm in a case highlighting public resentment over government land grabs. The Hai Phong People’s Court delivered unexpectedly “lenient” […]
April 8, 2013
Vietnamese Folk Hero Gets Five-Year Sentence
by Defend the Defenders • 6 Tien Lang, Doan Van Quy, Doan Van Vuon, Pham Thi Bau
April 5, 2013, 12:57 p.m. ET – By JAMES HOOKWAY And NGUYEN ANH THU HAIPHONG, Vietnam – Two Vietnamese fish farmers who laid mines and fired homemade guns at police attempting to evict them were convicted and sentenced to five years in prison Friday in a case that has cast a spotlight on the contentious issue […]