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Created by Kay Danes on July 18, 2005, 9:26 am

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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Foreign Prisoner Support Service
http://www.foreignprisoners.com
      


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1,818 4 days ago    James Ward: I support this petition and ask that he be allowed to serve his sentance in canada
1,817 6 days ago    Roger Sturge: Please let randy go, he has a whole family that loves him dearly...i am good friends with his younger sister colbie && he does not deserve somthing this terrible to happen...it affects not only him but his loved ones too. God bless
1,816 A week ago    Thomas Dam: I support this petition. Bring him back so that he could finish his jail time here in canada
1,815 A week ago    Rex Gaulton: I support this petition. Bring Randy Back to Canada to finish his sentence here!
1,814 2 weeks ago    JULIA ROBERTS: I support this petition.
1,813 2 weeks ago    Marko Kovac: I support this petition.
1,812 2 weeks ago    dave price: I support this petition.
1,811 2 weeks ago    den gibbons: I support this petition.
1,810 3 weeks ago    Jessica Olsen: let him come home to his little sister and brother :)
1,809 4 weeks ago    kathy nguyen : My deepest sympathies go out to Randy and his family. My thoughts and prayers are with you. May they soon find the most beneficial solution for everyone. God bless.
1,808 31 Jul 2008 - 7:23    Pamela Wilson : I support this petition. Hope you're home soon.
1,807 22 Jul 2008 - 3:18    Christopher Shevlin : I support this petition. I am a recovering heroin addict who has been clean for almost four years. In my past I have been in and out of prisons in the United States a couple times and have put my family through some terrible hardships. I can not begin to imagine what Randy and his family are going through, but I do know from experience that there is hope for lost souls like me and Randy, but being housed in a prison with unfit living conditions is the wrong way to rehabilitate a criminal. I hope that Vietnam and Canada can come to some kind of understanding or compromise and bring Randy back to his family. You will be in my thoughts and prayers,
1,806 20 Jul 2008 - 6:18    Jake Durward : I support this petition.
1,805 16 Jul 2008 - 14:27    Matthew Murphy : I support this petition. If his freedom must be revoked, he must at least be granted humane treatment. Clearly, he is not being given it in his situation.
1,804 15 Jul 2008 - 20:17    Jenifer Morris : I support this petition. This is an absolute nightmare. My thoughts and prayers are with Randy.
1,803 10 Jul 2008 - 17:39    Lauren Parnell : I support this petition.
1,802 10 Jul 2008 - 5:50    diana : I support this petition.
1,801 5 Jul 2008 - 13:11    Heather Lymburn : I support this petition.
1,800 2 Jul 2008 - 4:47    M. Corvino : I support this petition.
1,799 1 Jul 2008 - 18:32    Taylor Hutto : I support this petition.
1,798 1 Jul 2008 - 5:17    Lindsay Penfold-Byers : Good luck and God bless.
1,797 28 Jun 2008 - 16:19    Matthew Scott : I support this petition.
1,796 25 Jun 2008 - 6:37    angela dean : Where is the human compassion
1,795 23 Jun 2008 - 4:15    Andres Garcia :
1,794 23 Jun 2008 - 1:56    Haley Doreen :
1,793 15 Jun 2008 - 8:01    Alex Hartley : Free the man
1,792 10 May 2008 - 19:20    Jennifer Riceman :
1,791 10 Apr 2008 - 21:25    Vanessa Preston :
1,790 10 Apr 2008 - 3:58    diana williams :
1,789 9 Apr 2008 - 19:36    Cindy Cousins :
1,788 9 Apr 2008 - 15:31    Shandra Blais :
1,787 8 Apr 2008 - 23:09    jeanine ann mason :
1,786 8 Apr 2008 - 21:22    cory patterson :
1,785 8 Apr 2008 - 16:32    Andrea McLellan :
1,784 8 Apr 2008 - 14:38    Deanna Willis : Please release, Randy, so he can come home, he needs in family, and his family needs him.
1,783 25 Mar 2008 - 19:37    Susan Ridout :
1,782 25 Mar 2008 - 18:25    Paul West :
1,781 25 Mar 2008 - 0:52    john bercik : martin told me about the petition and i was very shocked about the whole situation and i think everone should sign this..
1,780 22 Mar 2008 - 5:23    jennifer le :
1,779 16 Mar 2008 - 20:51    van nguyen : let him do his time in canada
1,778 11 Mar 2008 - 12:05    Sarah McKenna :
1,777 7 Mar 2008 - 7:27    David Abrecht : Hope you can be with your boy ver soon Dee. Good luck to you both and stay positive.Warm RegardsDavid
1,776 5 Mar 2008 - 20:51    Loren : Randy you be strong.... with you in prayer and thoughts.....Loren
1,775 22 Feb 2008 - 16:29    Ruby Legge : Bring OUR Men home ALL Canadians where ever you are COME BACK to us, to our home, to our hearts...
1,774 19 Feb 2008 - 13:26    William S. :
1,773 15 Feb 2008 - 16:51    Jason Ho : My prays for Randy and his family. Hopefully he can serve his remain sentence in Canada.
1,772 10 Feb 2008 - 15:11    darryl delacruz :
1,771 9 Feb 2008 - 19:59    Amanda Ho : wish randy all the best to come bak to canada.
1,770 8 Feb 2008 - 17:49    ralph majarais : BRING HIM HOMEEEEEE
1,769 28 Jan 2008 - 13:41    Tomppa Koponen :
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