Vietnam releases jailed Catholic activists

April 14, 2011

The Vietnamese government has released 29 Catholic activists who were arrested earlier this month outside a Hanoi courthouse where a prominent human-rights activist was on trial.

Although the April 4 arrests had drawn international protests, state-controlled news agencies said that all of those arrested would face prosecution. The government has evidently backed away from that threat.

 

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Further information:

• Catholics, arrested for supporting Cu Huy Ha Vu, released (AsiaNews)
• Vietnamese police arrest 29 Catholics after conviction of human-rights advocate (CWN, 4/5)