The content originally appeared on: CNN Pham Doan Trang, who published material widely on human rights and alleged police brutality in Vietnam, was convicted of 'conducting propaganda against the state' by a Hanoi court, according to her legal team and state-controlled media. Despite sweeping economic reform and increasing openness to social change, Vietnam's ruling Communist Party retains tight media censorship and tolerates little criticism. Calls to the court seeking confirmation of the verdict went unanswered on Tuesday. 'It was such […]
