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1- Catholics and their supporters pray outside the Dong Da district court in Hanoi, Vietnam, Monday, Dec. 8, 2008, during a trial. Several hundred Catholics gathered outside the courthouse Monday morning to support eight Vietnamese Catholics who went on trial Monday on charges of disturbing public order and damaging property while holding prayer vigils to demand the return of confiscated church land.
2- Catholic and their supporters hold signs, the one, left, reading, 'God bless those brothers and sisters on trial,' outside the Dong Da district court in Hanoi, Vietnam, Monday, Dec. 8, 2008, during a trial.
3- Catholic and their supporters gather outside the Dong Da district court in Hanoi, Vietnam,
4- Eight Vietnamese Catholics, standing, go on trial Monday, Dec. 8, 2008, for allegedly disturbing public order and damaging property during a series of prayer vigils held last year as part of a campaign to get back confiscated church land.
5- Nguyen Thi Nhi, 46, standing, is one of the eight Vietnamese Catholics who went on trial Monday.
6- A woman pray in front of Vietnamese police officers outside the Dong Da district court in Hanoi, Vietnam, Monday, Dec. 8, 2008, during a trial.
7- Vietnamese Catholics hold a vigil outside court in Hanoi on December 8.
8- Hundreds of Catholics cheer as the defendants emerged from the Dong Da district court in Hanoi, Vietnam, Monday, Dec. 8, 2008. A Vietnamese court convicted eight Catholics on Monday on charges of disturbing public order and damaging property during a series of prayer vigils to get back confiscated church land, but gave them light sentences. One defendant received a warning while the others were given suspended sentences ranging from 12 to 15 months. They received up to two years of probation and were sent home.
9- Le Quang Kien, center, one of defendants, celebrates after he and other defendants emerged from the Dong Da district court in Hanoi.
10- Catholic Father Matthew Vu Khoi Phung speaks to the media at the Thai Ha church in Hanoi December 8, 2008. A Vietnamese court on Monday sentenced seven Catholics to suspended jail terms and gave another a warning after their attempt to claim a plot of disputed land in a simmering standoff with the government. The verdict amounted to a slap on the wrist for the Catholics, who say they have been trying for years to get back a large plot next to a church in Hanoi that the government siezed in 1958, and who have staged several protests around the land in recent months.
11- Catholic Father Peter Nguyen Van Khai speaks to believers during a thanksgiving mass at the Thai Ha church in Hanoi December 8, 2008. A Vietnamese court on Monday sentenced seven Catholics to suspended jail terms and gave another a warning after their attempt to claim a plot of disputed land in a simmering standoff with the government.
12- Catholic believers attend a thanksgiving mass at the Thai Ha church in Hanoi December 8, 2008.
13- Catholic priests and believers attend a thanksgiving mass at the Thai Ha church in Hanoi December 8, 2008.
14- Catholic believers hold leaves, the symbol of the Vietnamese Catholics who died of their religious creed, at the Thai Ha church in Hanoi December 8, 2008.
(Source: AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki - http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//081208/481/ad174bd19725421eb204ab6cc77d44e4/)
1- Catholics and their supporters pray outside the Dong Da district court in Hanoi, Vietnam, Monday, Dec. 8, 2008, during a trial. Several hundred Catholics gathered outside the courthouse Monday morning to support eight Vietnamese Catholics who went on trial Monday on charges of disturbing public order and damaging property while holding prayer vigils to demand the return of confiscated church land.
2- Catholic and their supporters hold signs, the one, left, reading, 'God bless those brothers and sisters on trial,' outside the Dong Da district court in Hanoi, Vietnam, Monday, Dec. 8, 2008, during a trial.
3- Catholic and their supporters gather outside the Dong Da district court in Hanoi, Vietnam,
4- Eight Vietnamese Catholics, standing, go on trial Monday, Dec. 8, 2008, for allegedly disturbing public order and damaging property during a series of prayer vigils held last year as part of a campaign to get back confiscated church land.
5- Nguyen Thi Nhi, 46, standing, is one of the eight Vietnamese Catholics who went on trial Monday.
6- A woman pray in front of Vietnamese police officers outside the Dong Da district court in Hanoi, Vietnam, Monday, Dec. 8, 2008, during a trial.
7- Vietnamese Catholics hold a vigil outside court in Hanoi on December 8.
8- Hundreds of Catholics cheer as the defendants emerged from the Dong Da district court in Hanoi, Vietnam, Monday, Dec. 8, 2008. A Vietnamese court convicted eight Catholics on Monday on charges of disturbing public order and damaging property during a series of prayer vigils to get back confiscated church land, but gave them light sentences. One defendant received a warning while the others were given suspended sentences ranging from 12 to 15 months. They received up to two years of probation and were sent home.
9- Le Quang Kien, center, one of defendants, celebrates after he and other defendants emerged from the Dong Da district court in Hanoi.
10- Catholic Father Matthew Vu Khoi Phung speaks to the media at the Thai Ha church in Hanoi December 8, 2008. A Vietnamese court on Monday sentenced seven Catholics to suspended jail terms and gave another a warning after their attempt to claim a plot of disputed land in a simmering standoff with the government. The verdict amounted to a slap on the wrist for the Catholics, who say they have been trying for years to get back a large plot next to a church in Hanoi that the government siezed in 1958, and who have staged several protests around the land in recent months.
11- Catholic Father Peter Nguyen Van Khai speaks to believers during a thanksgiving mass at the Thai Ha church in Hanoi December 8, 2008. A Vietnamese court on Monday sentenced seven Catholics to suspended jail terms and gave another a warning after their attempt to claim a plot of disputed land in a simmering standoff with the government.
12- Catholic believers attend a thanksgiving mass at the Thai Ha church in Hanoi December 8, 2008.
13- Catholic priests and believers attend a thanksgiving mass at the Thai Ha church in Hanoi December 8, 2008.
14- Catholic believers hold leaves, the symbol of the Vietnamese Catholics who died of their religious creed, at the Thai Ha church in Hanoi December 8, 2008.
(Source: AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki - http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//081208/481/ad174bd19725421eb204ab6cc77d44e4/)