Human Rights Organization Calls on Government to Stop Crackdown on Dissidents
NEW YORK.–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2013. The conviction and heavy sentencing of 13 peaceful Catholic activists in Viet Nam today flies in the face of justice and is part of an escalating government crackdown on freedom of expression, Amnesty International said.
A court in Nghe An province today sentenced the 13 activists to between three and 13 years imprisonment on charges of undertaking “activities aimed at…
