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Human Rights Watch appreciates the opportunity to contribute to the preparations for the upcoming European Union-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue, scheduled to be held in Hanoi on June 9, 2023.
As the human rights dialogue approaches, Human Rights Watch recommends that the Australian government focuses on three priority areas regarding the dire human rights situation in Vietnam: 1) political prisoners and detainees; 2) restrictions on freedom of movement; and 3) repression of the right to freely practice religion and belief. We urge the Australian government to press for clear, concrete, and measurable benchmarks for progress in these areas, laying out consequences for bilateral relations should these violations continue to go unaddressed.
Australia’s Governor-General David Hurley will visit Hanoi this week to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the governments of Australia and Vietnam.
The Vietnamese government intensified its crackdown on both domestic and international nongovernmental organizations in Vietnam during 2022.
The European Union should call on Vietnam to comply with its human rights obligations, end its crackdown on activists, and release all political prisoners, Human Rights Watch said today.