Hoang Binh 14 years sentenced in the second trial

on 24/4/2018, the appeals court in Vietnam’s central Nghe An province upheld a 14-year prison term handed in February to environmental activist Hoang Duc Binh, sending him back to prison to serve his sentence, Nguyen Kha Thanh - Binh’s lawyer told that the prosecutors had failed both in Binh’s initial trial and at the appeal hearing to present direct evidence against him. "They relied only on the unsupported testimony of traffic policemen to convict him,” Thành said. Binh, a blogger on environmental issues, had been charged under Articles 257 and 258 of Vietnam’s penal code for “abusing democratic freedoms” and obstructing officials in the performance of their duties, sources said.

Hoàng Đức Bình tại phiên phúc thẩm ngày 14/4/2018 Source: Báo Nghệ An