EU: Press Vietnam on Human Rights Reforms

Expand Members of the European Parliament sit in the plenary chamber of the European Parliament during a vote. Among other things, MEPs will vote today on a free trade agreement with Vietnam. ©2020 Philipp von Ditfurth/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images (Bangkok) – The European Union should press Vietnam to end its systemic repression of human rights and release political prisoners and detainees, Human Rights Watch said today. A human rights dialogue between the EU and Vietnam is scheduled for February 19, 2020 in Hanoi. The meeting will be held only a week after the European Parliament approved…

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