EU: Press Vietnam on Rights Record

Expand Twenty-five political prisoners currently locked up for exercising basic rights. © 2018 Private (Brussels) – The European Union should press the Vietnamese government on human rights issues, Human Rights Watch said today in advance of the 8th EU-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue, scheduled for March 4, 2019 in Brussels. In a submission to the EU, Human Rights Watch said that the EU should press Vietnam to immediately release political prisoners and detainees; end repression of free speech, association, assembly and movement; allow freedom of information; cease interference with religious…

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