Vietnamese Catholic priest should be unconditionally released

Tuesday 16 March 2010 Father Nguyen Van Ly, who is serving an eight year jail term for spreading "propaganda" against the state, has been released temporarily to receive medical treatment. A Vietnamese human rights activist and Catholic priest who was temporarily allowed to leave detention on Monday should be unconditionally and permanently released, Amnesty International urged on Tuesday. Father Nguyen Van Ly, who is serving an eight year jail term for spreading "propaganda" against the state in 2007, was released for a period of 12 months on humanitarian grounds to receive…

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