US-VIETNAM-POLITICS-RIGHTS-DISSIDENT

May 21, 2021

People await the arrival of freed Vietnamese dissident Nguyen Van Hai at Los Angeles International Airport on October 21, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. The Vietnamese blogger, also known by his pen name "Dieu Cay," was handed a 12-year prison sentence in September 2012 for conducting anti-state propaganda amid a crackdown on bloggers in the one-party state. He was first arrested in 2008. AFP PHOTO / Robyn Beck (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

Freed Vietnamese dissident Nguyen Van Hai arrives at Los Angeles International Airport on October 21, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. The Vietnamese blogger, also known by his pen name "Dieu Cay," was handed a 12-year prison sentence in September 2012 for conducting anti-state propaganda amid a crackdown on bloggers in the one-party state. He was first arrested in 2008. AFP PHOTO / Robyn Beck (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

Freed Vietnamese dissident Nguyen Van Hai (C) is greeted upon arrival at Los Angeles International Airport on October 21, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. The Vietnamese blogger, also known by his pen name "Dieu Cay," was handed a 12-year prison sentence in September 2012 for conducting anti-state propaganda amid a crackdown on bloggers in the one-party state. He was first arrested in 2008. AFP PHOTO / Robyn Beck (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)