Viet Nam: Prisoner of conscience sentenced

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Index Number: ASA 41/008/2009
Date Published: 9 October 2009
Categories: Viet Nam

Vu Hung, a male teacher and pro-democracy activist, has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for “conducting propaganda” against the state after a three-hour trial. He was arrested on 18 September 2008, after calling for democracy and peacefully protesting over a territory dispute with China. Vu Hung is a prisoner of conscience.