Tuesday, September 06, 2011

News at Eleven: A Vietnamese writer released from imprisonment

on Tuesday said that he was "brutally" mistreated in jail but vowed to continue his long campaign to push for political reforms.

"My health is not good after these three years because of the brutal mistreatment in jail," Tran Duc Thach told RFA after he walked out of jail, having served nearly three years on a charge that criminalizes peaceful dissent.

"I don't know what is going on inside my body, but it is very painful," said Thach, who has written a novel, hundreds of poems, and articles and reports that condemn corruption, injustice, and human rights abuses.

from Radio Free Asia: Writer Recounts 'Brutal' Jail Term

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