Vietnamese court upholds jail term for prominent activist: lawyerHANOI (Reuters) - A court in Vietnam on Friday upheld a nine-year jail sentence for a prominent activist convicted of spreading propaganda against the state, her lawyer said. Blogger Tran Thi Nga, 40, was initially found guilty at a trial in July, six months after she was arrested in a widening crackdown on critics of the Communist government. Despite sweeping economic reform and increasing openness towards social change, the ruling party retains tight media censorship and does not tolerate criticism. Nga s sentence of nine years in prison and five years probation was upheld by a court in the central city of Nha Trang, one of her lawyers said.  Nga said she was innocent and was not guilty of propaganda against the state,  lawyer Ha Huy Son told Reuters by telephone. Court officials were not immediately available for comment. Nga s family did not have access to the hearing. The U.S. embassy said it was deeply troubled by the court s decision and that everyone in Vietnam should be able to express their political views without fear.  The United States calls on Vietnam to release Tran Thi Nga and all other prisoners of conscience immediately,  U.S. Embassy spokesman Pope Thrower said. In November, a Vietnamese court upheld a 10-year jail sentence for another prominent blogger, Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, known as  Me Nam , or Mother Mushroom, who was jailed for publishing propaganda against the state.  worldnews
vietnamese court upholds jail term prominent activist lawyerhanoi reuters a court vietnam friday upheld jail sentence prominent activist convicted spreading propaganda state lawyer said blogger tran thi nga initially found guilty trial july six months arrested widening crackdown critics communist government despite sweeping economic reform increasing openness towards social change ruling party retains tight media censorship tolerate criticism nga sentence nine years prison five years probation upheld court central city nha trang one lawyers said nga said innocent guilty propaganda state lawyer ha buy son told reuters telephone court officials immediately available comment nga family access hearing the embassy said deeply troubled court decision everyone vietnam able express political views without fear the united states calls vietnam release tran thi nga prisoners conscience immediately embassy spokesman pope thrower said in november vietnamese court upheld jail sentence another prominent blogger nguyen ngo nhu quinn known me nam mother mushroom jailed publishing propaganda state worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Vietnamese court upholds jail term for prominent activist: lawyerHANOI (Reuters) - A court in Vietnam on Friday upheld a nine-year jail sentence for a prominent activist convicted of spreading propaganda against the state, her lawyer said. Blogger Tran Thi Nga, 40, was initially found guilty at a trial in July, six months after she was arrested in a widening crackdown on critics of the Communist government. Despite sweeping economic reform and increasing openness towards social change, the ruling party retains tight media censorship and does not tolerate criticism. Nga s sentence of nine years in prison and five years probation was upheld by a court in the central city of Nha Trang, one of her lawyers said.  Nga said she was innocent and was not guilty of propaganda against the state,  lawyer Ha Huy Son told Reuters by telephone. Court officials were not immediately available for comment. Nga s family did not have access to the hearing. The U.S. embassy said it was deeply troubled by the court s decision and that everyone in Vietnam should be able to express their political views without fear.  The United States calls on Vietnam to release Tran Thi Nga and all other prisoners of conscience immediately,  U.S. Embassy spokesman Pope Thrower said. In November, a Vietnamese court upheld a 10-year jail sentence for another prominent blogger, Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, known as  Me Nam , or Mother Mushroom, who was jailed for publishing propaganda against the state.  worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: vietnamese court upholds jail term prominent activist lawyerhanoi reuters a court vietnam friday upheld jail sentence prominent activist convicted spreading propaganda state lawyer said blogger tran thi nga initially found guilty trial july six months arrested widening crackdown critics communist government despite sweeping economic reform increasing openness towards social change ruling party retains tight media censorship tolerate criticism nga sentence nine years prison five years probation upheld court central city nha trang one lawyers said nga said innocent guilty propaganda state lawyer ha buy son told reuters telephone court officials immediately available comment nga family access hearing the embassy said deeply troubled court decision everyone vietnam able express political views without fear the united states calls vietnam release tran thi nga prisoners conscience immediately embassy spokesman pope thrower said in november vietnamese court upheld jail sentence another prominent blogger nguyen ngo nhu quinn known me nam mother mushroom jailed publishing propaganda state worldnews