Vietnam - Call for transparency and respect for constitution at blogger's appeal hearing

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders urges the court that will hear the blogger Pham Minh Hoang's appeal tomorrow to quash his conviction on a charge of trying to overthrow the government. Hoang, who has French and Vietnamese dual citizenship, was sentenced in August to three years in prison and three years of house arrest. “Hoang was just expressing his views on subjects of public interest in Vietnam, a right guaranteed by the country's constitution,” Reporters Without Borders. “Nonetheless, he has (...)

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