Vietnam Free Expression Newsletter No. 13/2017 – Week of May 22-28
Greetings from Huong, Ella, and Kaylee from The 88 Project! We are bringing to you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of May 22 to 28, 2017. We are thinking of prisoner of conscience Trần Huỳnh Duy Thức, as May 24 marked eight years since he was arrested. On May 26, a court of appeal upheld the heavy sentences of 12 and 13 years of imprisonment, respectively, for dissidents Trần Anh Kim and Lê Thanh Tùng. Many activists were confined to their homes as the U.S.-Vietnam human rights dialogue took place on May 23, although independent civil society organizations and activists were able to make their voice heard in a meeting with the U.S. delegation and through a joint declaration. Do check out the U.N. recommendations on the 2015 Criminal Code and Criminal Procedural Code of Vietnam as the codes contain provisions that are incompatible with the international law of human rights. There is more news and analysis on the death penalty, the situation of the Montagnard asylum seekers, and the visit of Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc to the White House next week.
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