This photo taken in May, 2009 shows Vietnamese lawyer Le Cong Dinh during a meeting in Ho Chi Minh City. Communist Vietnam has defended on June 18, 2009 its commitment to "freedom of speech" in the face of widening global opposition to the recent arrest of a prominent lawyer and writer. Dinh, 40, was arrested on June 13, 2009 for allegedly colluding "with domestic and foreign reactionaries to sabotage the Vietnamese state," the government's Vietnam News Agency said. Getty Images logo Getty Images 32 months ago

This photo taken in May, 2009 shows Vietnamese lawyer Le Cong Dinh during a meeting in Ho Chi Minh City. Communist Vietnam has defended on June 18, 2009 its commitment to "freedom of speech" in the face of widening global opposition to the recent arrest of a prominent lawyer and writer. Dinh, 40, was arrested on June 13, 2009 for allegedly colluding "with domestic and foreign reactionaries to sabotage the Vietnamese state," the government's Vietnam News Agency said.

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