Vietnam Court Jails Journalist for 30 Months Over Facebook Posts
A Vietnam court has sentenced independent journalist Truong Huy San to 30 months in prison for posting articles on Facebook that were critical of the government.
San — also known as Huy Duc — was convicted by a Hanoi court of 'abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the state,' according to a post on the government's news website.
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