Thursday, October 8, 2015

GOOD NEWS Vietnam: Prisoner of Conscience, Ta Phong Tan, Released - URGENT ACTION

Amnesty International

"Vietnamese blogger and prisoner of conscience Ta Phong Tan was released on 19 September after serving four years of a 10-year prison sentence. She was immediately put on a plane to Los Angeles, in the USA, where she is now effectively in exile.

On arrival in Los Angeles on 20 September, Ta Phong Tan was met by her co-defendant Nguyen Van Hai, more commonly known by his blogging name, Dieu Cay (“Peasant’s pipe”). Nguyen Van Hai had also been released early from his 12-year prison sentence and immediately flown to the USA in October 2014.

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