Beyond crushing any sign of political opposition, the Vietnamese authorities are also going after anyone who challenges corruption or wants to improve communities through human rights work and activism. The right to speak one’s mind is at risk.
The Vietnamese authorities are clearly becoming more thin-skinned by the day. It’s their own citizens who are paying the terrible price simply because of something they said or someone they met.
Viet Nam: Surge in number of prisoners of conscience, new research shows
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/05/viet-nam-surge-number-prisoners-conscience-new-research-shows/
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Vietnamese and Thai authorities must come clean about journalist’s disappearance
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/03/vietnamese-thai-authorities-come-clean-about-journalist-disappearance/
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Thailand: Investigate reports of abducted Vietnamese journalist
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/02/thailand-investigate-reports-of-abducted-vietnamese-journalist/