Independent journalist Le Manh Ha was sentenced after two days of trial, with Human Rights Watch saying he did nothing wrong but speak up for people who are complaining about land grabbing. At noon on October 25, the People’s Court…
This was the second sentence for the former police captain. On June 22, the People’s Court of Ham Tan district, Binh Thuan province, opened a trial against Mr. Le Chi Thanh, a former police captain who was an officer at…
Activist Dinh Thi Thu Thuy was sentenced to 7 years in prison at the first-instance hearing carried out by the People’s Court of Hau Giang province on January 20 as the trial panel found her guilty of “conducting anti-state propaganda”…
On December 11, a Vietnamese closed court sentenced former Hanoi Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung to five years in prison on charges of “appropriating documents of state secrets,” according to Reuters news agency. Observers told VOA that such a verdict is…
Authorities in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have convicted local democracy activist Nguyen Trung Linh of “Making, storing, spreading information, materials, items for the purpose of opposing the State of Socialist Republic of Vietnam” under Article 117 of the 2015…
