Trần Vũ Anh Bình, a Vietnamese musician, and four other political prisoners – Trần Huỳnh Duy Thức, Nguyễn Hoàng Quốc Hùng, Đinh Nguyên Kha, and Liêu Ly – at the Xuyen Moc Prison in Vietnam have ended their 13-day hunger strike after authorities agreed to meet their demands, according to Radio Free Asia. Among their requests, they asked to be able to share food and send email, which was granted after a prison official acknowledged that staff members had violated the rules.

Trần Vũ Anh Bình was sentenced to six years in prison in October 2012 over songs critical of police brutality.

The prisoners began their protest against two specific staff members, Colonel Lê Văn Tuất, assistant superintendent of the prison, and Cadre Nguyễn Văn Bộ, who they claimed disregarded rules and engaged in arbitrary treatment of inmates.

Each protestor cited examples of unjust treatment from the staff members in the past. When Kha attempted to share food with a fellow inmate, he was told by Bộ he could not do so without an application, and he was disciplined with a “warning.”

Thức has attempted to send over 60 emails and letters, but began protesting when he found out his mail was being withheld in violation of his rights. Additionally, his calls were cut short whenever human rights became a topic of discussion.

Hùng and Bình were moved to solitary confinement for protesting the installation of cameras in their cells, and Hùng was denied a copy of his own appeal for the case as delivered by his family.

Although the hunger strike was a success, these five individuals remain political prisoners in the state of Vietnam. The Voice Project celebrates the success of this strike, and continues to campaign for Trần Vũ Anh Bình’s unconditional freedom, a demand to which you can add your name here.