Vietnam’s Rights Violations Put Trade Deal with EU at Risk

Expand Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) vote during a Parliament session. © European Parliament The European Union (EU)’s efforts to finalize a free trade deal with Vietnam are at risk because of Vietnam’s poor human rights record. In a joint letter sent this week, 32 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) raised a slew of “grave” human rights concerns, including the jailing of dissidents, restrictions to freedom of expression and association, lack of media freedoms, and internet censorship. The MEPs warned that without improvements “it will be difficult” for them to give their…

© Human Rights Watch - lundi 17 septembre 2018