Seventy-four-year-old’s health had deteriorated in prison and he was released on humanitarian grounds

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The Australian democracy activist Chau Van Kham has been released from a Vietnamese jail and returned to his home in Sydney.

“Chau Van Kham has returned to Australia a free man,” his family said. “We share the happy news that Chau Van Kham is well and has returned to his family today.”

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This post was originally published on Human rights | The Guardian.