Arrested for criticizing government, Vietnam blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh faces prison if convicted

Hanoi (dpa) – A court in Hanoi on Wednesday opened a trial of prominent dissident blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh and his assistant Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy. Vinh, also known by his pen name Anh Ba Sam, has been in pretrial detention alongside Thuy since May 2014 for “abusing freedom and democracy to infringe upon the interests…

Hanoi (dpa) – Prominent Vietnamese activist blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh and his assistant Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy saw their trial open in court in Hanoi Wednesday amid a rare dissident protest. Vinh, also known by his pen name Anh Ba Sam, has been in pretrial detention along with Thuy since May 2014 for “abusing freedom and…