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Vietnam jails three bloggers for ‘anti-state propaganda’

AFP – A court in southern Vietnam jailed three bloggers on Monday for “anti-state propaganda”, including one whose case has been raised by US President Barack Obama, at a brief but dramatic hearing. After a trial lasting just a few hours, high-profile blogger Nguyen Van Hai, alias Dieu Cay, was sentenced.