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October 30, 2024 News Release

Vietnam: Quash Verdict Against Democracy Campaigner

Duong Van Thai, Abducted in Thailand, Receives 12-Year Sentence

Duong Van Thai, a Vietnamese rights activist and independent journalist.
October 22, 2024 News Release

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Free Vietnam’s Political Prisoners!

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Vietnam: Pledges to Improve Human Rights Remain Empty Promises

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September 12, 2024 News Release

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August 13, 2024 News Release

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July 28, 2024 News Release

Australia: Press Vietnam to End Rights Abuses

Use Rights Dialogue to Seek Measurable Benchmarks for Reform

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July 28, 2024 Statement

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July 3, 2024 News Release

Vietnam: EU Should Better Address Intensifying Repression

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Beware of Vietnam’s New Authoritarian President

To Lam’s rise to power is indicative of the Vietnam government’s worsening repression and utter hostility to basic civil and political rights

To Lam swears in as the president of Vietnam at the National Assembly in Hanoi, May 22, 2024.
June 7, 2024 News Release

Vietnam: Free Prominent Journalist

Blogger Huy Duc Arrested Amid Escalating Crackdown on Rights

Huy Duc in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, May 27, 2012.
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Victims of Vietnam’s Formosa Toxic Spill Deserve Justice

Government Represses Peaceful Protests, Prosecutes Environmental Activists

Vietnamese activists hold a photo of dead fish allegedly killed with toxic chemicals during a protest to urge Formosa Plastics Group to take responsibility for the cleanup in Vietnam, August 10, 2016, in Taipei, Taiwan.

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