Lawyer Nguyen Van Dai received the heaviest of six cases: 15 years in prison and five years of house arrest, Pastor Nguyen Trung Ton and freelance journalist Truong Minh Duc were sentenced to 12 years in prison and 3 years of house arrest, Blogger Nguyen Bac Truyen was sentenced to 11 years in prison while Le Thu Ha, a lawyer from Dai, received a nine-year sentence. Engineer Pham Van Troi received the lowest sentence with 7 years in prison.
Vietnam Review (07/04/2018)
Các nhà tranh đấu Lê Thu Hà, Trương Minh Đức, Nguyễn Trung Tôn, Nguyễn Văn Đài, Phạm Văn Trội, Nguyễn Bắc Truyển. Source: VOA Vietnamese
Last week the trial of six activists of the Democratic Brotherhood, including Nguyen Van Dai, was sentenced to a total of 66 years in jail, on charges of "plotting to overthrow the people's administration" of article 79 of the Vietnam Penal Code.
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