Using the Olympic torch as an excuse to crack down on peaceful critics
is yet another bitter twist in Viet Nam’s pattern of repressing
legitimate and peaceful dissent. Those arrested before and during the
torch relay should be released immediately, said Amnesty International.
At least 1,200 people were executed in 2007 and many more were killed
by the state, in secret, in countries including China, Mongolia and
Viet Nam.
Viet Nam: Two days after Tran Quoc Hien was chosen as spokesperson for the United Workers-Farmers Organization (UWFO) in January 2007, he was arrested.
Internet dissident Nguyen Vu Binh has been released from prison after spending almost five years behind bars.
The freedom of the press is an essential element of the protection of human rights.
