HANOI (Reuters) - A court in Vietnam upheld a five-year prison sentence on Monday for a dissident convicted of anti-state activities who violated the terms of his probation, state media said, the latest ruling in a series against activists.
Nguyen Van Oai, 36, a prominent human rights activist and blogger who has been publicly critical of the Vietnamese government's handling of human rights and environmental issues had been sentenced to four years in jail in 2013 for "activities aimed at overthrowing the government".
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