By Leigh Burke | Project Leader
After three years in prison on a charge of anti-state propoganda, Vietnamese blogger Ta Phong Tan was released in September and is now in exile in the United States. In September 2012, she was sentenced to 10 years in prison for criticizing corruption and human rights violations on her blog "Cong Ly y Su that" (Justice and Truth). She was met at the Los Angeles airport by Nguyen Van Hai, also known by his blog name Dieu Cay, who was released from his prison sentence in October 2014. The two are co-founders of the Free Journalists Club.
Reporters Without Borders is calling for the immediate release of 15 additional citizen-journalists who are currently imprisoned in Vietnam. The names of these citizen-journalists are listed in the attached RSF press release. Vietnam is currently the largest prison for bloggers and online information activities. Please sign the petition attached, support our efforts and help free these courageous supporters of press freedom!
Thank you again to all the supporters who have so generously helped us in the past. Your encouragement is of great value to them and to us as we keep these bloggers in the spotlight and increase pressure for their release.
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