Human Rights Watch: Vietnam - A Gloomy Year for Human Rights
January 12, 2024
January 12, 2024
BANGKOK, Thailand, Jan. 12 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release:
The Vietnamese government broadly repressed fundamental civil and political rights during 2023, and severely punished those who challenged the Communist Party of Vietnam's monopoly on power, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2024. The authorities continued to prohibit the formation of independent labor unions and human rights organizations, and outlawed independent religious groups.
The Vietnamese government broadly repressed fundamental civil and political rights during 2023, and severely punished those who challenged the Communist Party of Vietnam's monopoly on power, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2024. The authorities continued to prohibit the formation of independent labor unions and human rights organizations, and outlawed independent religious groups.