Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
Wire Service: AP
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-vietnam-us-human-rights-101409-2009oct14-story.html
The United States has condemned Vietnam's recent conviction of nine democracy activists, the arrest of a writer and the expulsion of Buddhist monks from a monastery where they practiced the teachings of a renowned Zen master.
The U.S. Embassy in Hanoi issued a statement saying it was "deeply disturbed" by last week's convictions of the activists, several of whom hung pro-democracy statements over highway overpasses.
"The activists were simply expressing their views peacefully and posed no threat to Vietnam's national security," the embassy said in the statement released Thursday night.