Vietnam: One day three trials with 17 years imprisonment for three activists

On 12/4/2008 the People Courts of Nghe An has sentenced the former prisoner of concinesce Nguyen Viet Dung 7 years in prison and 5 years inhouse- arrest at half-day trial. Dung was convicted of spreading anti-state propaganda. Also today, two other members of Brotherhood for Democracy have been tried in separate trials including teacher Vu Van Hung at the Hanoi Court with 1 year sentenced, and Tran Thi Xuan, who was sentenced to nine years on charges of subversion, according to the state-run Vietnamnet news site.The sentences follow a spate of harsh jail terms handed down since last week, with seven activists from the Brotherhood for Democracy (BFD) collective convicted for attempting to overthrow the state.

Tòa án Nghệ An nơi diễn ra phiên xét xử chóng vánh xử Nguyễn Viết Dũng Source: Christina Lê