June 16, 2020
Trial against Facebooker Nguyen Van Nghiem Scheduled on June 23 After Seven Months of Detention
Defend the Defenders, June 16, 2020 Vietnam’s communist regime will hold the first-instance hearing on June 23 to try Facebooker Nguyen Van Nghiem on allegation of “conducting anti-state propaganda” under Article 117 of the Criminal Code. The trial will be carried out by the People’s Court of Hoa Binh province in its headquarters, […]
June 23, 2020
Facebooker Nguyen Van Nghiem Sentenced to Six Years in Prison after Being Convicted of “Conducting Anti-state Propaganda”
by Nhan Quyen • Nguyen Van Nghiem
Defend the Defenders, June 23, 2020 On June 23, the People’s Court of Vietnam’s northern province of Hoa Binh convicted local resident Nguyen Van Nghiem of “Making, storing, spreading information, materials, items for the purpose of opposing the State of Socialist Republic of Vietnam” under Article 117 of the country’s Criminal Code. At the […]