Dissidents in Vietnam use Facebook to criticise the government (Credit: AFP)
AFP | 30 October 2013, 0:06 AEST
A Vietnamese court has convicted an activist of using Facebook to spread criticism of the government, but suspended the 15-month prison sentence it imposed and released him from custody.
A Vietnamese court has convicted an activist of using Facebook to spread criticism of the government, but suspended the 15-month prison sentence it imposed and released him from custody.
30-year-old Dinh Nhat Uy was on trial in the southern province of Long An for “having abused democratic freedoms against the interests of the state”. Continue Reading…
October 30, 2013
Vietnam dissident convicted, but released
by Nhan Quyen • Dinh Nhat Uy
Dissidents in Vietnam use Facebook to criticise the government (Credit: AFP)
AFP | 30 October 2013, 0:06 AEST
A Vietnamese court has convicted an activist of using Facebook to spread criticism of the government, but suspended the 15-month prison sentence it imposed and released him from custody.
30-year-old Dinh Nhat Uy was on trial in the southern province of Long An for “having abused democratic freedoms against the interests of the state”. Continue Reading…