After the verdict, Human Rights Watch released a press statement calling for Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung to immediately "withdraw all the charges against those who are held pending trial and for those who have been sentenced to be unconditionally exonerated."[REF] .
During his time at the Nghi Kim prison, Nhat was treated poorly and forced to live in harsh prison conditions in severe summer weather while being denied basic medicines and reading material [REF].