Vietnam convicts Dinh, activists of subversion
HO CHI MINH CITY, 21 January 2010 (AP) — Vietnam has convicted four democracy activists of trying to overthrow the communist government and sentenced them to up to 16 years in prison for promoting multiparty democracy.
U.S.-trained human rights attorney Le Cong Dinh, the most well known of the four defendants, received a relatively light five-year sentence after judges at the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court deliberated for just a half-hour. The court apparently…
