Article 5VJGN ‘It has been three years’: Australian activist’s wife pleads for government help in freeing him from Vietnam jail

‘It has been three years’: Australian activist’s wife pleads for government help in freeing him from Vietnam jail

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Ben Doherty
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Chau Van Kham's family urges Australian government to intervene as 72-year-old remains in prison for his pro-democracy work

The Vietnamese New Year, Tet Nguyen Dan, is a time of family reunion and feasting, of wishes of good fortune and health.

For three years now, Quynh Trang Truong has spent the Tet festival without her husband, Chau Van Kham, who languishes in a Vietnamese prison on terrorism charges, described by human rights groups as a travesty of justice".

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