Vietnam jails pair for Facebook posts on deadly land dispute clash



Updated 17 hours ago ·
Published on 15 Dec 2021 11:40PM ·



Activists Trinh Ba Phuong (above) and Nguyen Thi Tam are jailed 10 and six years respectively for Facebook posts ‘opposing’ the Vietnamese government. – AFP pic, December 15, 2021.

A HANOI court today ordered the jailing of two activists who posted on Facebook about a land dispute clash that left four people dead on the outskirts of Vietnam’s capital last year.

Vietnam’s government takes a zero-tolerance approach to criticism on social media.

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