Click to expand Image Twelve Vietnamese rights activists and bloggers currently detained for exercising their basic rights.Top row from left to right: Tran Huynh Duy Thuc, Hoang Duc Binh, Dinh Van Hai, Nguyen Tuong Thuy. Center row: Pham Doan Trang, Le Trong Hung, Pham Chi Thanh, Pham Chi Dung. Bottom row: Nguyen Lan Thang, Can Thi Theu, Dang Dinh Bach, Hoang Thi Minh Hong. 2023 Human Rights Watch (Geneva) - The Vietnamese government should face close scrutiny at its upcoming United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR) for its deepening crackdown on activists and failure to reform abusive laws, Human Rights Watch said today in a submission to the UN. The UN Human Rights Council will hold Vietnam's fourth UPR in 2024 in Geneva. Vietnam's human rights record has worsened significantly since its last appearance at the UPR in January 2019. "Vietnam's rights violations show that the government's promises to the European Union and other governments on human rights co