Vietnam jails YouTuber for 5 years on anti-state charge

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 15, 2024 6:48 pm

HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnamese authorities sentenced an influential YouTuber and campaigner who spoke out on pollution and land rights to five years in jail on an anti-state charge on Thursday, his lawyer said.

Nguyen Chi Tuyen was found guilty of 'making, storing and disseminating information, documents and materials against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam' and jailed for five years in Hanoi, lawyer Nguyen Ha Luan told Agence France-Presse.

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