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Vietnam court jails climate activist for tax evasion: Lawyer
HANOI: A Vietnamese court on Thursday jailed a leading climate activist for tax evasion, the latest environmentalist put behind bars by the communist government.The court in Ho Chi Minh City sentenced Hoang Thi Minh Hong to three years in prison for dodging $275,000 in taxes related to her environmental campaign group CHANGE, her lawyer Nguyen Van Tu told AFP.The 50-year-old is at least the fifth green campaigner to be jailed on tax evasion charges in the last two years as Vietnam’s authoritarian government steps up a crackdown on activists.Her husband Hoang Vinh Nam told AFP he was “disappointed” at the verdict.“The sentence given to Hong today was too heavy,“ he said.“I think it was unfair

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