October 25, 2017
Vietnam Pro-democracy Activist, Anti-corruption Campaigner Sentenced to Six Years in Prison
By Defend the Defenders, October 25, 2017 Vietnam’s authorities have convicted pro-democracy activist and anti-corruption campaigner Phan Kim Khanh, sentencing him to six years in prison and four years under house arrest. In a so called “open trial,” which lasted only a few hours on October 25, the People’s Court in the northern province of […]
October 27, 2017
“Blogging is not a Crime”: Blogger’s Six-Year Sentence Appalling Example of Punishing Free Expression
by Nhan Quyen • Phan Kim Khanh
PEN America, October 25, 2017 NEW YORK—The conviction and sentencing of Vietnamese blogger Phan Kim Khánh to six years’ imprisonment on charges of “propaganda against the state” is yet another appalling example of Vietnam’s relentless criminalization of the right to free expression, PEN America said today. Phan Kim Khánh, a student and blogger, was convicted […]