Embassy Statement on
Dinh Nguyen Kha
and
Nguyen Phuong Uyen
We are concerned by a
Vietnamese court’s sentencing of Dinh Nguyen Kha to eight years in prison and
Nguyen Phuong Uyen to six years in prison on subversion charges.
These convictions are part
of a disturbing trend of Vietnamese authorities using charges under national
security laws to imprison government critics for peacefully expressing their
political views.
These actions are
inconsistent with the right to freedom of expression and, thus,
We call on the government to
release prisoners of conscience and allow all Vietnamese to peacefully express
their political views.
Source:
Press Release from
http://vietnam.usembassy.gov/pr051713.html