September 13, 2019
Vietnamese Facebooker Sentenced to Five Years in Jail for Defaming State Officials
Defend the Defenders, September 12, 2019 Authorities in Vietnam’s northern province of Ninh Binh have convicted local Facebooker Le Van Sinh of “abusing democratic freedom” under Article 331 of the country’s Penal Code for his online posts which were considered defaming the local government and its officials. In the first-instance hearing on September 5, […]
September 19, 2019
Facebooker Nguyen Van Cong Em Convicted of Anti-state Posts, Second Blogger Sentenced within Two Weeks amid Increasing Online Crackdown
by Nhan Quyen • Le Van Sinh, Nguyen Van Cong Em
Defend the Defenders, September 19, 2019 Vietnam’s communist regime convicted Facebooker Nguyen Van Cong Em of “conducting anti-state propaganda,” imprisoning the second blogger within the last two weeks for their online posts which are critical for the regime. State media has reported that on September 17, the People’s Court of Ben Tre sentenced […]