Vietnam jails activist for using Facebook to abuse freedoms

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A court in northern Vietnam has sentenced an activist to five years in prison after finding him guilty of abusing democratic freedoms to infringe on the interests of the government, organizations and individuals.
Lawyer Ha Huy Son says his client, Do Cong Duong, was convicted in a two-hour trial Friday by a people’s court in Bac Ninh province.
Son says Duong used Facebook to accuse local officials of corruption and failing to address his family’s land grie