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Ambassadors: Free ailing Vietnam dissident
A group of Western ambassadors has written to Vietnamâs Communist leaders to call for the release of a democracy activist described as being in the final stages of cancer
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group of Western ambassadors has written to Vietnam'sCommunist leaders to call for the release of a democracy activist described asbeing in the final stages of cancer.
Dinh Dang Dinh, a former chemistry teacher, is serving a six-year sentence for 'spreading propaganda' against the state.
In a letter sent Thursday to Vietnam's foreign minister, ambassadors from the United States, European Union and other missions urged that Dinh be released on humanitarian grounds 'so he can spend his remaining time at home or if necessary in a hospital.'
Dinh's daughter, Dinh Phuong Thao, said that her father was moved to a police hospital on Tuesday, but that the family had not been told whether he would be returning to prison. Thao and the ambassadors said Dinh had stomach cancer that had spread to his lymph nodes.
