Both were arrested on November 15 for
"collecting documents and writing articles which tarnished the reputation
of the Communist Party and the Socialist regime".
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HANOI
(ANTARA News/AFP) - A woman writer was sentenced to five years in prison in
Vietnam for spreading anti-government propaganda, state media said Friday, with
an activist pastor also jailed for two years.
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Ho Thi Bich
Khuong in an
undated photo. (RFA)
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Their
one-day trial took place on Thursday in the central province of Nghe An, it
said.
Both were
arrested on November 15 for "collecting documents and writing articles
which tarnished the reputation of the Communist Party and the Socialist
regime", according to the report.
The
Communist Party is the only authorized political party in Vietnam.
Khuong was
also accused of giving interviews to foreign radio stations against the state,
posting them on the Internet and of belonging to several human rights groups
involving "reactionary" people.
She was
sentenced in April 2008 to two years in jail for "abusing democratic
freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the State".
Rights
groups say dozens of peaceful political critics and rights campaigners have
been sentenced to long prison terms in Vietnam since the one-party state
launched a crackdown on free expression in late 2009.
US
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said last month that Vietnam must improve
its human rights record.
Editor: Ella Syafputri
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