Hanoi reduces sentences for two activists, but continues to suppress dissent
The 21 year-old Catholic Nguyen Phuong Uyen will be released from jail. Sentence reduced from eight to four years for the second accused, the 26 year old Nguyen Dinh Kha. Hanoi had promised an "open" trial but at least 400 policemen guarded the building and refused entry to family and friends. Activist slams judges and government under the control of the Communist Party.
