City bar association cancels membership of Vietnamese activist lawyers
The two fled to the US fearing arrest for their activities defending a Buddhist group.
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The two fled to the US fearing arrest for their activities defending a Buddhist group.
In their recently released international religious freedom reports, the US Department of State and the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), on one hand recognised Vietnam’s certain progress in promoting religious freedom and citing some official information from Government agencies of Vietnam but on the other still includes inobjective assessments based on unverified and inaccurate information about the reality in Vietnam.
One senior policeman tells a local news site the decision does not mean the case has gone away.
Tanya Nguyen-Do learned of the 5 Little Monks of Thiền Am Bên Bờ Vũ Trụ in Vietnam three months ago. She hopes to bring attention to their plight.