U.S. Representatives to Present Vietnam Inhumane Treatment against Prisoners of Conscience before Congress on Thursday

Allen Weiner

Special guest of the event will be Professor Allen Weiner, director, Stanford Program in International and Comparative Law and co-director, Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation. Prof. Weiner has filled a letter to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to raise questions on illegal arrest and continuous detentions of 17 Vietnamese social activists.

By Vu Quoc Ngu | Jun 10, 2015

U.S. Representatives  Loretta Sanchez, Zoe Lofgren and Chris smith will deliver a report on Vietnam’s communist government’s inhumane treatment against local prisoners of conscience before the American Congress on June 11.

Three guests from Vietnam, Pastor Nguyen Manh Hung, Mr. Nguyen Van Loi- the father of prisoner of conscience Nguyen Dang Minh Man, and former prisoner of conscience Truong Minh Tam, will attend the event themed Vietnam’s Voice of Conscience.

Special guest of the event will be Professor Allen Weiner, director, Stanford Program in International and Comparative Law and co-director, Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation. Prof. Weiner has filled a letter to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to raise questions on illegal arrest and continuous detentions of 17 Vietnamese social activists.

Earlier this month, Pastor Hung and Mr. Tam presented a report on human rights situation, particularly the freedom of religion in Vietnam and inhumane treatment against prisoners of conscience in the communist nation before the Canadian Parliament.

Pastor Hung is a regular subject of Vietnam’s government persecution while Mr. Tam, a human rights activist and prodemocracy advocate, was imprisoned for one year on fabricated allegation.

According to international human rights bodies, Vietnam is holding between 150 and 200 prisoners of conscience while the communist government in Hanoi always denies, saying it is imprisoning only law violators.