Leading climate activist and dissident released from jail


Prominent climate activist Hoang Thi Minh Hong (pic) has been released early from jail, her husband said, hours ahead of a visit by Vietnam’s top leader to the United States.

A second high-profile detainee, dissident Tran Huynh Duy Thuc, was also released, his friend and former human rights lawyer Le Cong Dinh said.

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