Repression of Vietnamese activist bloggers Nguyen Huu Vinh and his assistant Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy is damaging | Democracy, elections and voting

Hanoi (dpa) – A Vietnamese court on Thursday upheld a prison sentence for dissident blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh and his assistant Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy. At the trial, Nguyen Huu Vinh, former police officer and Communist Party member, claimed innocence and rejected both the indictment as well as the result of the first trial. Vinh, also…