By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Vietnamese activists who the Biden administration believes were wrongly detained by the country's ...
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON - Two Vietnamese activists who the Biden administration believes were wrongly detained by the country's Communist government are relocating to the UnitedHalifax Urban Folk Festival on both sides of the harbour | SaltWireWASHINGTON - Two Vietnamese activists who the Biden administration believes were wrongly detained by the country's Communist government are relocating to the United States under an agreement negotiated ahead of the president's recent...
The topics of the private agreement, which Reuters has not independently reviewed, were not previously reported. They were inked as Vietnam agreed to lift Washington to Hanoi's highest diplomatic status alongside China and Russia on a trip in which Biden endorsed the country's vision as a high-tech leader.
The officials would not identify any of the four people, citing diplomatic and security sensitivities, but the two ex-prisoners' names are known. Legal advocate Nguyen Bac Truyen confirmed his release and his travel with his wife to Germany earlier this month. The release of independent journalist Mai Phan Loi was also confirmed earlier this month.The Vietnamese human rights community sees the situation there as dire.
"It's outrageous that President Biden chose to upgrade diplomatic ties with Vietnam at a time when the one-party state is in the middle of a brutal crackdown on activism, dissent and civil society," said Ben Swanton, co-director of Project 88, a rights advocacy focused on Vietnam.
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