Vietnamese court upholds prominent blogger's 10-year jail termHANOI (Reuters) - A Vietnamese court on Thursday upheld a 10-year jail sentence for a prominent blogger convicted of publishing propaganda against the state, her lawyer said, the latest move in a crackdown on critics of the one-party state. Despite sweeping economic reform and increasing openness towards social change, including gay, lesbian and transgender rights, Vietnam s ruling Communist Party retains tight media censorship and does not tolerate criticism. In recent months, it has targeted critics whose voices have been amplified by social media in a country that ranks among Facebook s top ten, in terms of users. Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, 37, known as  Me Nam  (Mother Mushroom), who gained prominence for blogging about environment issues and deaths in police custody, was found guilty in June for distributing what police called anti-state reports. A court in the central city of Nha Trang upheld Quynh s sentence, one of her lawyers said.   This sentence is not objective and is unfair,  the lawyer, Ha Huy Son, told Reuters by telephone.   Quynh said she is innocent and she carried out her right as a citizen.  Vietnam s state news agency confirmed the outcome of the appeal. The hearing was public and  in accordance with Vietnamese law , foreign ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang added.  Quynh s mother said she was among those outside the court protesting against the verdict when plainclothes policemen approached and beat them.  The police beat me repeatedly,  Nguyen Tuyet Lan, the mother, told Reuters, adding that police detained three activists.  Reuters was not able to reach police for comment. In March 2009, Quynh spent nine days in police detention for receiving funds from Viet Tan, a California-based activist group which Vietnam calls a terrorist group, to print T-shirts with  slogans against a major bauxite project, police said. She has also spoken out against a subsidiary of Taiwan s Formosa Plastics Corp that caused one of Vietnam s biggest environmental disasters in April. The European Union, whose representatives were denied access to the appeal hearing, urged that Quynh be  immediately and unconditionally released , its Vietnam delegation said on Friday, ahead of an annual human rights session in Hanoi.  A U.S. diplomat in Vietnam said she was  deeply troubled  that Quynh s conviction was upheld.  The United States calls on Vietnam to release Ms Quynh and all prisoners of conscience immediately, and to allow all individuals in Vietnam to express their views freely and assemble peacefully,  Caryn McClelland, the U.S. charg  d affaires, said in a statement. New York-based Human Rights Watch called the hearing a farce.  The proceedings were a farce, with the judge simply going through the motions before issuing the harsh verdict predetermined by the ruling communist party, upholding her long prison sentence,  said Phil Robertson, the group s deputy director for Asia.     worldnews
vietnamese court upholds prominent blogger jail termhanoi reuters a vietnamese court thursday upheld jail sentence prominent blogger convicted publishing propaganda state lawyer said latest move crackdown critics state despite sweeping economic reform increasing openness towards social change including gay lesbian transgender rights vietnam ruling communist party retains tight media censorship tolerate criticism in recent months targeted critics whose voices amplified social media country ranks among facebook top ten terms users nguyen ngo nhu quinn known me nam mother mushroom gained prominence blogging environment issues deaths police custody found guilty june distributing police called reports a court central city nha trang upheld quinn sentence one lawyers said this sentence objective unfair lawyer ha buy son told reuters telephone quinn said innocent carried right citizen vietnam state news agency confirmed outcome appeal the hearing public accordance vietnamese law foreign ministry spokeswoman le thi thu hang added quinn mother said among outside court protesting verdict plainclothes policemen approached beat the police beat repeatedly nguyen yet lan mother told reuters adding police detained three activists reuters able reach police comment in march quinn spent nine days police detention receiving funds viet tan activist group vietnam calls terrorist group print slogans major bauxite project police said she also spoken subsidiary taiwan formosa plastics corp caused one vietnam biggest environmental disasters april the european union whose representatives denied access appeal hearing urged quinn immediately unconditionally released vietnam delegation said friday ahead annual human rights session hand a diplomat vietnam said deeply troubled quinn conviction upheld the united states calls vietnam release ms quinn prisoners conscience immediately allow individuals vietnam express views freely assemble peacefully can mcclelland charg affaires said statement new human rights watch called hearing farce the proceedings farce judge simply going motions issuing harsh verdict predetermined ruling communist party upholding long prison sentence said phil robertson group deputy director asia 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 prominent blogger's 10-year jail termHANOI (Reuters) - A Vietnamese court on Thursday upheld a 10-year jail sentence for a prominent blogger convicted of publishing propaganda against the state, her lawyer said, the latest move in a crackdown on critics of the one-party state. Despite sweeping economic reform and increasing openness towards social change, including gay, lesbian and transgender rights, Vietnam s ruling Communist Party retains tight media censorship and does not tolerate criticism. In recent months, it has targeted critics whose voices have been amplified by social media in a country that ranks among Facebook s top ten, in terms of users. Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, 37, known as  Me Nam  (Mother Mushroom), who gained prominence for blogging about environment issues and deaths in police custody, was found guilty in June for distributing what police called anti-state reports. A court in the central city of Nha Trang upheld Quynh s sentence, one of her lawyers said.   This sentence is not objective and is unfair,  the lawyer, Ha Huy Son, told Reuters by telephone.   Quynh said she is innocent and she carried out her right as a citizen.  Vietnam s state news agency confirmed the outcome of the appeal. The hearing was public and  in accordance with Vietnamese law , foreign ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang added.  Quynh s mother said she was among those outside the court protesting against the verdict when plainclothes policemen approached and beat them.  The police beat me repeatedly,  Nguyen Tuyet Lan, the mother, told Reuters, adding that police detained three activists.  Reuters was not able to reach police for comment. In March 2009, Quynh spent nine days in police detention for receiving funds from Viet Tan, a California-based activist group which Vietnam calls a terrorist group, to print T-shirts with  slogans against a major bauxite project, police said. She has also spoken out against a subsidiary of Taiwan s Formosa Plastics Corp that caused one of Vietnam s biggest environmental disasters in April. The European Union, whose representatives were denied access to the appeal hearing, urged that Quynh be  immediately and unconditionally released , its Vietnam delegation said on Friday, ahead of an annual human rights session in Hanoi.  A U.S. diplomat in Vietnam said she was  deeply troubled  that Quynh s conviction was upheld.  The United States calls on Vietnam to release Ms Quynh and all prisoners of conscience immediately, and to allow all individuals in Vietnam to express their views freely and assemble peacefully,  Caryn McClelland, the U.S. charg  d affaires, said in a statement. New York-based Human Rights Watch called the hearing a farce.  The proceedings were a farce, with the judge simply going through the motions before issuing the harsh verdict predetermined by the ruling communist party, upholding her long prison sentence,  said Phil Robertson, the group s deputy director for Asia.     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 prominent blogger jail termhanoi reuters a vietnamese court thursday upheld jail sentence prominent blogger convicted publishing propaganda state lawyer said latest move crackdown critics state despite sweeping economic reform increasing openness towards social change including gay lesbian transgender rights vietnam ruling communist party retains tight media censorship tolerate criticism in recent months targeted critics whose voices amplified social media country ranks among facebook top ten terms users nguyen ngo nhu quinn known me nam mother mushroom gained prominence blogging environment issues deaths police custody found guilty june distributing police called reports a court central city nha trang upheld quinn sentence one lawyers said this sentence objective unfair lawyer ha buy son told reuters telephone quinn said innocent carried right citizen vietnam state news agency confirmed outcome appeal the hearing public accordance vietnamese law foreign ministry spokeswoman le thi thu hang added quinn mother said among outside court protesting verdict plainclothes policemen approached beat the police beat repeatedly nguyen yet lan mother told reuters adding police detained three activists reuters able reach police comment in march quinn spent nine days police detention receiving funds viet tan activist group vietnam calls terrorist group print slogans major bauxite project police said she also spoken subsidiary taiwan formosa plastics corp caused one vietnam biggest environmental disasters april the european union whose representatives denied access appeal hearing urged quinn immediately unconditionally released vietnam delegation said friday ahead annual human rights session hand a diplomat vietnam said deeply troubled quinn conviction upheld the united states calls vietnam release ms quinn prisoners conscience immediately allow individuals vietnam express views freely assemble peacefully can mcclelland charg affaires said statement new human rights watch called hearing farce the proceedings farce judge simply going motions issuing harsh verdict predetermined ruling communist party upholding long prison sentence said phil robertson group deputy director asia worldnews