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Vietnam jails second dissident blogger in a week
Aug 11th, 2012
A Vietnamese blogger who posted online calls for democracy has been jailed for five years, official media said Saturday, the second web dissident imprisoned this week in an ongoing crackdown on activists. (Source: AFP) -
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