"Christian human rights lawyer Nguyen Van Dai was jailed for 15 years today, 5 April, for activities “aimed at overthrowing the people’s administration”, as Reuters reported. --- Van Dai is a member of the Brotherhood for Democracy, an organisation founded by Van Dai to promote human rights through online actions, according to the Paris-based Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR)."
World Watch Monitor: "Vietnam jails Christian rights defender for 15 years"
https://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/coe/vietnam-jails-christian-rights-defender-for-15-years/
"Van Dai, 48, was on trial with his female colleague Le Thu Ha for charges relating to their arrest in December 2015, when they were accused of propaganda against the state.
They appeared in court earlier today with Pastor Nguyen Trung Ton; Nguyen Bac Truyen, head of an association of former religious and political prisoners; activist Phạm Van Troi; and journalist and labour rights activist Truong Minh Duc. --- VCHR and the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders said in a joint statement: “This trial is a shocking display of Vietnam’s disregard of its binding obligations under core international human rights treaties to which it is a state party… This is a new low even for Hanoi’s repressive regime.”
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