U.S. State Department Daily Press Briefing on April 28 about Ta Phong Tan

SOURCE: U.S. State Department

Jeff Rathke
Acting Deputy Spokesperson

Daily Press Briefing
Washington, DC
April 28, 2015

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Our second case comes from Vietnam, where a blogger, Ta Phong Tan, winner of the 2013 International Women of Courage Awards, currently is imprisoned amid a 10-year sentence for writing posts critical of the government and the Communist Party. She was among the first bloggers to write and comment on political news events long considered off limits by authorities. And we call on the Government of Vietnam to release her immediately and to allow all Vietnamese to express their political views freely both online and offline.
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http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2015/04/241213.htm#DEPARTMENT