in prison if convicted.Vu Hai, a lawyer for [Nguyen Xuan] Nghia, said he had been officially notified that the trial of his client and five others had been postponed because one defendant was seriously ill. The trial was scheduled for Thursday and Friday in the northern port city of Haiphong.
A separate trial for another accused, Vu Hung, has also been delayed after it was set for Friday, the lawyer said.
Hung's wife told AFP she had also signed the appeal to Ban.
An eighth accused, the poet Pham Van Troi, 37, was to be tried Thursday in Hanoi. His wife and a lawyer said that, as far as they knew, the case was going ahead.
from Viet Tan: Relatives of jailed Vietnam dissidents appeal to UN
also Amnesty International: Viet Nam should release peaceful critics
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