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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.
This submission highlights Human Rights Watch’s concerns regarding the human rights situation in Vietnam. Since its third Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in January 2019, Vietnam’s human rights situation deteriorated significantly. The Communist Party of Vietnam seeks to maintain its monopoly of power by arbitrarily arresting and prosecuting people in unfair trials for publishing or posting critical views of the government, joining independent organizations, and advocating for political reforms. Beyond criminalizing free speech and peaceful public assembly, and severely restricting other political and civil rights, the authorities also tightly regulate religious groups and prohibit independent media and other publications.
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