Catholic blogger - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 09 Jul 2020 06:55:05 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Catholic blogger - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Vietnam court jails Catholic blogger for eight years https://cathnews.co.nz/2020/07/09/vietnam-court-catholic-blogger/ Thu, 09 Jul 2020 05:55:09 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=128564 A Vietnam court has jailed an outspoken Catholic blogger, known for commenting on social issues, for allegedly trying to undermine the state. The People's Court in Lam Dong province on July 7 sentenced Nguyen Quoc Duc Vuong, 29, to eight years in jail and three years' probation for "making, hoarding and disseminating anti-state propaganda." The Read more

Vietnam court jails Catholic blogger for eight years... Read more]]> A Vietnam court has jailed an outspoken Catholic blogger, known for commenting on social issues, for allegedly trying to undermine the state.

The People's Court in Lam Dong province on July 7 sentenced Nguyen Quoc Duc Vuong, 29, to eight years in jail and three years' probation for "making, hoarding and disseminating anti-state propaganda."

The blogger from Don Duong district was arrested in September last year.

According to a four-page indictment, Vuong had posted and spread 98 video clips and 366 articles against the government on Facebook. Read more

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