From The Sun Daily
PARIS: France on Wednesday condemned Vietnam for jailing a prominent blogger and journalist, Truong Duy Nhat, who posted articles critical of Hanoi’s Communist government.
Blogger Truong Duy Nhat (C) stands trial at a local People’s Court in the central city of Da Nang on March 4, 2014 (Vietnam News Agency/AFP/File, Vietnam News Agency)
The foreign ministry in Paris issued a statement saying it “deplores” Nhat’s incarceration on Tuesday, saying it went against freedom of expression.
Nhat, 50, was found guilty of “abusing democratic freedoms to infringe on the interests of the state” at a half-day trial in his native city of Danang on Vietnam’s central coast. He was sentenced to two years behind bars.
The United States has also said it was “deeply concerned” by the sentence and called for the release of Nhat “and all prisoners of conscience”.
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