The People’s Court of Khanh Hoa province in Vietnam sentenced the blogger activist Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh,  known famously as Mẹ Nấm ("Mother Mushroom"), to 10 years in prison for “conducting propaganda against the state” in respect of content appearing on her Facebook blogposts  in which she wrote about human rights and environmental issues. The trial was not open to the public and no official documents are currently available that may reveal the Court's reasoning. However, the charge was brought under Article 88 of Vietnam's Criminal Code which is frequently used to silence activists and critics of the government and has raised concern among human rights groups and other champions of the right to freedom of expression. Columbia Global Freedom of Expression could not identify the official legal and government records on the case and notes that the information contained in this report was derived from secondary sources. It should also be noted that media outlets may not provide complete information about the case. Additional information regarding this legal matter will be updated as any official source becomes available.