Pham Doan Trang, who widely published material on human rights and alleged police brutality in Vietnam, was convicted of "conducting propaganda against the state"
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A new regulation around the coverage of court proceedings could further stifle press freedoms in Vietnam, journalists say. Under the regulation — known as the Ordinance on Sanctions of Administrative Violations for obstructing procedural activities —journalists who record video or audio of a trial without the consent of the presiding judge risk being fined up…