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Amnesty International: Viet Nam - Surge in Number of Prisoners of Conscience, New Research Shows
May 13, 2019
LONDON, England, May 13 (TNSresearch) -- Amnesty International issued the following news release:

The number of prisoners of conscience unjustly jailed across Viet Nam has surged by one third to 128 in signs of a growing crackdown on peaceful activism, new research by Amnesty International reveals today.

The Vietnamese government holds at least 128 prisoners of conscience in prisons across the country, a sharp rise from the 97 identified last year. Detention conditions . . .

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