Vietnam frees rights lawyer from jail: family
- Published: 6 Feb 2013 at 21.44
- Online news: Asia
Vietnam on Wednesday released from prison a prominent human rights lawyer who served more than three years of a five year jail sentence for trying to overthrow the regime, his family said.
Vietnamese rights activist Le Cong Dinh listens to evidence during his trial in Ho Chi Minh City on January 20, 2010. Vietnam has released from prison a prominent human rights lawyer who served more than three years of a five year jail sentence for trying to overthrow the regime, his family said.
"He was freed before Tet (Lunar New Year) and because his mother's health is poor," said Dang Ngoc Anh, the sister-in-law of lawyer Le Cong Dinh, 44.
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