Viet Nam urged to release jailed blogger

10 August 2011 A French-Vietnamese blogger who has spoken out about environmental issues, has been sentenced to three years in prison on national security charges. The Vietnamese authorities must immediately release a French-Vietnamese blogger who has been sentenced to three years in prison on national security charges, Amnesty International said today.Professor Pham Minh Hoang, a maths lecturer who holds dual nationality, was accused of writing articles that “blackened the image of the country” by the judge at the trial in Ho Chi Minh City. He told the court his writings were not aimed at…

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