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Vietnam Dissident Found Guilty; Receives Suspended Sentence
Date: 10/29/2013 6:13:31 AM Sender: VOA
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FILE - Before his arrest, Vietnamese blogger Dinh Nhat Uy holds a sign protesting China＇s territorial claims in the South China Sea.

A Vietnamese court has convicted a man of using the social media site Facebook to criticize the government.

The court on Tuesday found Dinh Nhat Uy guilty, but suspended his 15-month prison sentence and released him from detention.

Uy＇s lawyer said his client was convicted of "abusing democratic freedoms" in his one-day trial. This is believed to be the first such case in Vietnam to mention Facebook by name.

U.S.-based Human Rights Watch had called for Uy＇s immediate release. It reports that 61 dissidents and political activists have been convicted and sentenced to prison in 2013, compared to about 40 such convictions a year earlier.

In September, a new law took effect in Vietnam that bans sharing messages critical of the government on social media. No one has yet been charged under that law.

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