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HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam has abolished a measure used to hold dissidents without trial, a government official said Wednesday. However, analysts said the move could prove to be largely symbolic.
President Nguyen Minh Triet signed a decree last week to abolish "administrative probation," used to hold people suspected of national security crimes, a National Assembly official said on condition of anonymity, citing policy.
Analysts and Western diplomats praised the president's move, but said authorities still have ways to harass and detain pro-democracy activists who oppose the Communist Party's total control of the government.
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