Vietnam jails ”anti-state” bloggers

A court in Hanoi has sentenced a well-known Vietnamese blogger to five years in jail after finding him guilty of publishing anti-state articles. Nguyen Huu Vinh, a former policeman, had connections to the ruling Communist Party elite. His assistant received three years. Both denied the charges. They were detained in 2014. The “Ba Sam” blogs […]

A court in Hanoi has sentenced a well-known Vietnamese blogger to five years in jail after finding him guilty of publishing anti-state articles.
Nguyen Huu Vinh, a former policeman, had connections to the ruling Communist Party elite. His assistant received three years. Both denied the charges.
They were detained in 2014. The “Ba Sam” blogs they were accused of posting attracted several million page views.
Earlier, police outside the court broke up protests seeking their release.