Vietnam Upholds 9-Year Jail Term for Dissident Journalist
A Vietnamese court on Thursday upheld a nine-year prison term for a journalist and prominent dissident convicted of anti-state activities, her lawyers and state media said. The Hanoi People's High Court rejected the appeals by Pham Doan Trang, 44, to a December ruling at a tightly controlled trial in the capital city. Pham Doan Trang, who widely published material on human rights and alleged police brutality in Vietnam, was convicted of "conducting propaganda against the state." "Trang argued... Читать дальше...