Vietnam: Release All Political Prisoners

Expand Rights bloggers and activists in Ho Chi Minh City during a hunger strike to call for freedom of political prisoners, July 2015. © 2015 Dan Lam Bao (New York, November 3, 2017) – The Vietnamese government should immediately release everyone it has detained or imprisoned for peacefully exercising their rights, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch posted a new web page highlighting the cases of 15 of more than 100 people imprisoned for political or religious reasons. International leaders and trade partners attending the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit…

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