Canadian detained in Vietnam

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Author: Kay Danes

Started: July 18, 2005, 9:26:08 am

Target: Amensty International, Canadian Foreign Affairs

Category: Civil & Human Rights

Supporters:

2,169

Goal:

5,000

Goal Progress:

Status

Active

My name is Dee Hogle and I am the mother of twenty-eight year old, Randy James Sachs,of Hamilton Ontario [Canada].

{Photo right is of Randy [rear], Grandparents and Siblings}

I sit crying at night wondering if my son Randy, will survive the 16 year sentence he was given in 2003 by the Vietnamese court for possession of 1,000 ecstacy tablets. He is currently detained in Thu Duc Prison, Vietnam.

Randy admits that he made a terrible mistake but as his mother, I appeal to the authorities that the punishment is surely too severe in comparrison to his crime?

My son's health has deteriorated since he was first detained and he has developed kidney and extensive dental problems. Randy lost 8 teeth and needs a further 10 urgently repaired. The conditions in the prison are appalling. He shares a 3m x 4m cell with seven other inmates and sleeps on a straw mat on a rough cement floor. Each prisoner is given exactly 84 cm [width] to sleep.

The Embassy of Canada in Vietnam tells me there is no running water, no window and the light never shuts off. Randy says the only fresh air he gets is when rice or soup is passed through a small hatch in the door. One small bowl of soup and a handful of rice is all that is given to each prisoner twice a day.

In 4 months my son has lost 15 lbs due to the poor prison diet. He has developed rashes all over his body due contaminates in the water. Each inmate is only allowed a ration of 18 litres of water per day to drink, shower, wash clothing and clean dishes. My son is still a human being but is detained in conditions unfit for animals.

On behalf of my entire family and Randy's fiancé of five years, I plead for your compassion as we seek support to get us through this nightmare.

We ask that you sign your name to this petition that will be delivered to Amnesty International [Canada], the Embassy of Canada in Vietnam, and respectfully to the Government of Vietnam.

We earnestly seek support to Randy James Sachs' appeal for clemency to the Government of Vietnam, and that he is returned safely to Canada as quickly as possible. We have no ill-feeling towards the Vietnamese people or the Government of Vietnam.

As the mother of Randy James Sachs, I plead that the Government of Vietnam will show mercy and return my son to me.

Respectfully,

Dee Hogle
Mother of Randy James Sachs
Canadian detained in Vietnam

Monday, 18 July 2005

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For further information on this case:
Foreign Prisoner Support Service
http://www.foreignprisoners.com

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