February 11, 2015

Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Heiner Bielefeldt, on his visit to Viet Nam (21 to 31 July 2014)

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OHCHR | Feb 10, 2015
The Special Rapporteur is disappointed that the planned visits to An Giang, Gia Lai and Kon Tum provinces could not be completed from 28 to 30 July owing to various interruptions that undermined the terms of reference of a country visit, while the privacy and confidentiality of some meetings and sources of information had been seriously compromised. He experienced first-hand and received credible information that some individuals with whom he wanted to meet had been heavily surveilled, warned, intimidated, harassed or prevented from travelling by the police. Even those who successfully met with him were not free from different degrees of police surveillance or questioning.
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