Vietnam dissident released from jail

A DISSIDENT lawyer jailed in Vietnam for crimes against the state has been released from prison, a rights group says.

Le Cong Dinh's release before the lunar New Year holiday, which starts at the weekend, was "an appropriate way" to mark the festival, Deputy Asia Director of Human Rights Watch Phil Robertson said.

"But really he should have never been imprisoned in the first place because his actions were simply exercising his basic rights to freedom of expression and association," he added.

Dinh was sentenced in 2009 to five years in prison and another three under house arrest for activities aimed at overthrowing the state, online newspaper VNExpress reported.

He was released on Wednesday, more than three years after his jailing, due to good behaviour, the report quoted an official as saying.

No details were provided about the status of the outstanding prison time or his house arrest sentence.

Rights groups have condemned an increasing crackdown on freedom of expression in the country.

Dozens of activists were jailed in 2012, and another 22 were on Monday sentenced to lengthy prison terms for subversion.

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