Pressemitteilung des Forums Vietnam 21 anlässlich der Verurteilung der Liedermacher Viet Khang und Tran Vu Anh Binh durch das Regime in Hanoi weiter lesen
30.10.2012, 14:13 (SF). Vo Minh Tri alias Viet Khang muss vier Jahre ins Gefängnis. Tran Vu Anh Binh sechs Jahre. Die beiden vietnamesischen Musikern wurden wegen Propaganda gegen den Staat verurteilt. Die Sänger hatten Lieder über Chinas Territorialansprüche im Südchinesischen Meer und Vietnams gewaltsame Unterdrückung von Protesten gegen China veröffentlicht. weiter lesen
Vietnam Sentences Songwriters to Prison
30.10.2012 (Wall Street Journal). Vietnam sentenced two songwriters to several years in prison Tuesday for posting songs online that a court judged to be antigovernment propaganda, the latest convictions in a mounting crackdown against online dissent in the communist country.
Vo Minh Tri, better known as Viet Khang, and Tran Vu Anh Binh were convicted at a one-day trial in Ho Chi Minh City and sentenced to four years and six years in prison, respectively, according to their lawyer, Tran Vu Hai. The songs, some seen as critical of government intimidation and praising the courage of dissidents, were posted on video-sharing site YouTube. They denied being political activists, their lawyer said. [read more]
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