Vietnam
Vietnam’s human rights record remains dire in virtually all areas. The ruling Communist Party maintains a monopoly on political power and allows no challenge to its leadership. Basic rights are severely restricted, including freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly, association, and religion. Rights activists and bloggers face police intimidation, harassment, restricted movement, arbitrary arrest, and detention. Farmers lose land to development projects without adequate compensation, and workers are not allowed to form independent unions. The police regularly use torture and beatings to extract confessions. The criminal justice system, including the judiciary, lacks independence. Political dissidents and civil society activists are frequently sentenced to long prison terms on bogus national security charges.
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Asia
January 18, 2024
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Economic Justice and Rights
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February 12, 2020
“My Teacher Said I Had a Disease”
Barriers to the Right to Education for LGBT Youth in Vietnam
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June 18, 2017
No Country for Human Rights Activists
Assaults on Bloggers and Democracy Campaigners in Vietnam
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News
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May 8, 2024
Vietnam: False Claims on Labor Rights
Seeking US Trade Preferences, Hanoi Insists Workers Can Organize
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April 22, 2024
Vietnam: UN Review Should Call for Urgent Reform
Countries Need to Highlight Lack of Free Speech, Religious Freedom, Fair Trials
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March 5, 2024
Vietnam: New Wave of Arrests of Critics
Repression Spikes Amid Bid for Another UN Human Rights Council Term
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February 28, 2024
Australia: Spotlight Rights at Summit with ASEAN
Albanese, Southeast Asian Leaders Should Address Myanmar, Other Regional Crises
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February 28, 2024
Letter to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
Re: Human Rights and the ASEAN-Australia Leaders' Summit
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January 11, 2024
Vietnam: A Gloomy Year for Human Rights
Environmentalists, Rights Activists Unjustly Imprisoned
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October 3, 2023
Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Vietnam
46th Session of the UN Universal Periodic Review
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October 3, 2023
Vietnam: Rights Reforms Urgently Needed
Upcoming UN Review Offers Opportunities to Press for Change
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September 27, 2023
Vietnam: Drop Charges Against Climate Activist
Environmental Leader Hoang Thi Minh Hong Faces Up to 7 Years in Prison