Human Rights Watch Issues Commentary: Vietnam Should Release Ailing Political Prisoners
July 28, 2026
July 28, 2026
NEW YORK, July 28 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary by Senior Associate Asia Director Patricia Gossman:
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Vietnam Should Release Ailing Political Prisoners
Immediately Free Can Thi Theu and Other Wrongfully Imprisoned Activists
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Can Thi Theu, 64, is serving an eight-year prison sentence at Prison No. 5 in Vietnam's Thanh Hoa province because she joined protests against land co . . .
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Vietnam Should Release Ailing Political Prisoners
Immediately Free Can Thi Theu and Other Wrongfully Imprisoned Activists
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Can Thi Theu, 64, is serving an eight-year prison sentence at Prison No. 5 in Vietnam's Thanh Hoa province because she joined protests against land co . . .