A Vietnamese court sentenced prominent former lawyer Tran Dinh Trien to three years in prison for Facebook posts deemed critical of the judiciary. Rights groups condemn the ruling as an attack on freedom of expression in Vietnam.
HANOI — A Vietnam ese court jailed a prominent former lawyer for three years on Friday over Facebook posts, a ruling condemned by rights groups as a fresh attack on freedom of expression in the communist country.Tran Dinh Trien, former deputy chairman of the Hanoi Bar Association, is the latest high-profile lawyer to be targeted by authorities for what they have written online.
'It is appalling that lawyer Tran Dinh Trien has been sentenced to three years in prison for peacefully expressing their views online — something that shouldn't even be a crime,' she told AFP.Controls on speechThe state Vietnam News Agency said Trien and his lawyers had argued that he was exercising his right to free speech in the posts, and they did not violate the law.
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