October 24, 2013
Vietnamese Court Orders Two Parishioners of Vinh Diocese Jailed
RFA | 2013-10-23 A court in Vietnam’s North Central Coast region on Wednesday ordered two Catholic Christians who campaigned for religious freedom jailed for “disturbing public order,” triggering outrage among family members, priests and parishioners. The court in the Nghe An provincial capital Vinh sentenced Ngo Van Khoi, 53, to seven months in prison and Nguyen […]
October 27, 2013
Vinh, 7 months jail for two Catholics who fought for religious freedom
by Nhan Quyen • Ngo Van Khoi, Nguyen Van Hai (Trai Gao)
Asia News October 25, 2013 Vinh (AsiaNews) – Disappointment, anger, dismay: this is the reaction of family, priests and parishioners in My yen following the sentence imposed on two Vietnamese Catholics in prison for months, for having fought in favor of human rights and religious freedom. The entire Vietnamese Catholic community had fought for their […]