Convicted Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh (C) stands next to his assistant Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy (R) at a court in Hanoi on September 22, 2016, to appeal his five year-sentence for disseminating anti-government articles on his wildly popular website "Ba Sam". - Vinh, more commonly known as Anh Ba Sam, was arrested in 2014 and convicted in March this year, sparking outcry from lawyers and media watchdogs who condemned the jail term as a "travesty of justice". His assistant Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy was also convicted in March and sentenced to three years in prison. (Photo by STR / Vietnam News Agency / AFP)