Viet Nam: All prisoners of conscience must be immediately and unconditionally released
Amnesty International's Secretary General and
the Directors of offices in Australia, Cote d’Ivoire, France, Germany,
Japan, South Korea, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the
Philippines, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, and the USA have called on Viet Nam's
National Day amnesty to include all prisoners of conscience. The 51
prisoners of conscience named by Amnesty International includes individuals
imprisoned solely for the peaceful exercise of their rights, including the
rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly, and association. The
list includes blogger Ta Phong Tan, Catholic priest Father Nguyen Van Ly and
blogger and IT entrepreneur Tran Huynh Duy Thuc.
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Vietnam Human Rights Network |