Viet Nam: Freedom for all peaceful activists must follow blogger’s release

Headline Title:  Viet Nam: Freedom for all peaceful activists must follow blogger’s release 22 October 2014 The release from prison of one of Viet Nam’s most high profile prisoners of conscience is a positive step, but authorities must now free the scores of other peaceful activists behind bars, said Amnesty International today.Nguyen Van Hai, better known by his pen name Dieu Cay (“peasant’s pipe”), was released from prison yesterday, having served four years of a 12-year prison sentence. Immediately after his release he was taken to the airport and put on a plane, eventually bound…

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