Poet and Writer Tran Duc Thach Sentenced to 12 Years in Vietnamese Prison
December 19, 2020
December 19, 2020
NEW YORK, Dec. 19 -- PEN America issued the following news release:
Poet, blogger, and human rights activist Tran Duc Thach was sentenced to 12 years in prison and three years probation by Nghe An province courts this Tuesday on charges of subversion under Article 109 of the country's criminal code. PEN America condemned the sentencing today as a repressive attack on free expression in the country.
"This is a shocking and shameful outcome in a case that never shoul . . .
Poet, blogger, and human rights activist Tran Duc Thach was sentenced to 12 years in prison and three years probation by Nghe An province courts this Tuesday on charges of subversion under Article 109 of the country's criminal code. PEN America condemned the sentencing today as a repressive attack on free expression in the country.
"This is a shocking and shameful outcome in a case that never shoul . . .