HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has released a high-profile blogger who has travelled to the United States, the American embassy said on Sunday, but a human right group said the move extended a "cynical" practice by Hanoi to send its critics into exile.
Ta Phong Tan, a former police officer, was sentenced to 10 years in jail in 2012 for "anti-state propaganda" after she was arrested for writing in her blog about human rights and corruption.
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