April 5, 2016
Vietnam: 7 Convicted in One Week
HRW | Apr 04, 2016 (Bangkok) – The Vietnam government should immediately free prominent bloggers and activists imprisoned for exercising their rights, Human Rights Watch said today. During the last week of March 2016, Vietnam convicted seven bloggers and rights activists and sentenced them to prison. “Vietnam has been on a tear over the past week, convicting […]
October 5, 2016
Vietnam Court Cuts Jail Sentence of Well-known Blogger to Three Years
by Nhan Quyen • Nguyen Dinh Ngoc (Nguyen Ngoc Gia)
By Defend the Defenders, October 5, 2016 The Higher People’s Court in Ho Chi Minh City on October 5 reduced the four-year sentence of well-known blogger Nguyen Dinh Ngoc (aka Nguyen Ngoc Gia) by one year but kept the three-year period of house arrest that follows the imprisonment. During the appeal hearing which lasted less […]