Vietnam court upholds nine-year prison sentence for journalist


HANOI, Vietnam, Aug 26 (AP): A Vietnamese court has rejected an appeal by prominent journalist and democracy activist Pham Doan Trang (pic), who had been sentenced to nine years in prison on charges of "propaganda against the state,” state media said.

The Hanoi Supreme Court upheld the sentence that was handed down to the 44-year-old in December, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported.

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