Amnesty International March 30: Vietnam Internet Activist Priest Imprisoned

March 30, 2007

Father Nguyen Van Ly, a 60-year-old Catholic priest who helped set up an internet petition calling for democratic change, was today sentenced to eight years imprisonment for "conducting propaganda" against the state. Four of his associates, Nguyen Phong, Nguyen Binh Thanh, Hoang Thi Anh Dao and Le Thi Hang, were also sentenced.

http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGASA410032007