A former Vietnamese journalist who used the internet to criticise the government has been jailed for seven years, court officials said.Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Nguyen Vu Binh, 35, was found guilty on espionage charges in a trial that lasted less than three hours.
He was arrested in September 2002 after he wrote articles criticising a border agreement between China and Vietnam.
Human rights groups have condemned the trial, which foreign journalists and diplomats were barred from attending. ...
Despite Vietnam's constitutional guarantees of a free press, in reality dissidents take considerable risks if they speak out.
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