UN General Assembly resolution 60/251 requires that members elected to the Human Rights Council (HRC) uphold the highest standards in the promotion and protection of human rights. We, the undersigned organizations, have held longstanding and publicly expressed concerns about the state of human rights in Viet Nam. Viet Nam must immediately commit to taking concrete steps to improve its human rights performance, including by releasing arbitrarily detained human rights defenders, including journalists, ensuring the rights to freedom of expression and association, and improving cooperation with international human rights mechanisms. Such steps would be needed for Viet Nam to become a credible member of the Council.
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The Vietnamese authorities must end their relentless assault on human rights defenders and individuals exercising their human rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly, said Amnesty International today ahead of the 13th party congress of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV), scheduled to take place between 25 January and 2 February.
1) Uganda
We are deeply concerned by
the deteriorating human rights situation in Uganda ahead of
parliamentary and presidential elections scheduled for 14
January and the challenges this situation may pose not only
for voting day itself, but also for the post-electoral
period.
In the run-up to the election, numerous human
rights violations have been reported, including of the
rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and
participation, as well as arbitrary deprivation of life,
arbitrary arrest and detention, and torture. Between 18 and
20 November, at least 54 people were killed during riots and
protests in at least 7 districts across the country over the