Pham Minh Hoang Prof. was sentenced to three years in jail. HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A French-Vietnamese math professor was sentenced Wednesday to three years in a Vietnamese prison for belonging to a banned pro-democracy group and publishing an anti-Communist blog, his lawyer said. Pham Minh Hoang, 56, was found guilty of trying to overthrow the government by posting 33 articles against the one-party Communist system, as well as of holding membership in the banned Viet Tan group and recruiting others to join it. It was the second high-profile dissident trial in just over a week. US-based Viet Tan says it is a nonviolent advocate of democracy, but Hanoi considers it a terror organization — a claim US officials say they have not found any evidence to support. France's Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying it "strongly deplores the conviction" and that French consular officials had repeatedly pleaded with Vietnamese authorities for a "favorable solution." "We hope that this decision is reconsidered, so that Pham Minh Hoang can be freed as soon as possible," it said. The US State Department in a statement expressed dismay and said the prosecution contradicted Vietnam's commitment to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: "No individual should be prosecuted for exercising the right to freedom of opinion and expression," the statement said. Hoang told the court during the half-day trial in Ho Chi Minh City that he joined Viet Tan in France where it is not banned and that ...
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