by KTT, Feb 26, 2016
Restrictions on freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly remain severe in Vietnam over the past years as the authorities prevented peaceful activists from exercising their fundamental rights, according to Amnesty International.
The governments are painting the protection of human rights as a threat to security, law and order or national “values”, Amnesty International Campaigner for Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam Janice Beanland told the Radio Free Asia.
In 2015 alone, the number of prosecutions of individuals for exercising their right to freedom of expression fell from a year earlier but violent physical attacks against activists remained a grave concern, Mr. Beanland said.
During 2015, there were at least 45 prisoners of conscience who are still in prison after unfair trials, and we have seen reports that there were physical attacks against almost 70 individuals during the year and more than 30 violent attacks.
That’s a large number, he said.
The attackers were uniformed police, police in plainclothes people or those recognized as police.
Regarding the signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Vietnam tends to fall under the radar for the international community as it tends to face less criticism than other countries, despite the fact that it has some very serious human rights concerns.
Amnesty International, therefore, would like to see the international community be much more forthright about the problems there currently are in Vietnam, according to Mr. Beanland.
Vietnam, which has been criticized for poor human rights records, has joined a number of trade pacts with partners in different parts of the world. The communist country used to be put in the list of countries of particular concern (CPC) for its backsliding on religious freedom by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). But economic interests that foreign partners pursuing have somewhat eased the pressure on the single-party country.
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February 26, 2016
Vietnam Human Rights Record Remains Poor: Amnesty International
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
by KTT, Feb 26, 2016
Restrictions on freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly remain severe in Vietnam over the past years as the authorities prevented peaceful activists from exercising their fundamental rights, according to Amnesty International.
The governments are painting the protection of human rights as a threat to security, law and order or national “values”, Amnesty International Campaigner for Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam Janice Beanland told the Radio Free Asia.
In 2015 alone, the number of prosecutions of individuals for exercising their right to freedom of expression fell from a year earlier but violent physical attacks against activists remained a grave concern, Mr. Beanland said.
During 2015, there were at least 45 prisoners of conscience who are still in prison after unfair trials, and we have seen reports that there were physical attacks against almost 70 individuals during the year and more than 30 violent attacks.
That’s a large number, he said.
The attackers were uniformed police, police in plainclothes people or those recognized as police.
Regarding the signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Vietnam tends to fall under the radar for the international community as it tends to face less criticism than other countries, despite the fact that it has some very serious human rights concerns.
Amnesty International, therefore, would like to see the international community be much more forthright about the problems there currently are in Vietnam, according to Mr. Beanland.
Vietnam, which has been criticized for poor human rights records, has joined a number of trade pacts with partners in different parts of the world. The communist country used to be put in the list of countries of particular concern (CPC) for its backsliding on religious freedom by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). But economic interests that foreign partners pursuing have somewhat eased the pressure on the single-party country.