Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Absolutely.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I'll make it really brief and just list the four recommendations. Thank you for the time. Our first one concerns adopting a prisoner of conscience. Our first recommendation is for the sub-committee to canvas for parliamentarians who would be willi

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Another way that the government tries to show that it's trying to improve is this new decree 92, where it says that outlawed church organizations can register if they want. However, in order to be able to register, they need to have been already approved by the government for 10

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, very much so. It's really disappointing to see that in the 21st century this is still happening in places in the world like Vietnam. To speak from a personal point of view, in class I learned a lot about the dystopian societies, and we read a lot of these novels that are fic

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  It's because they are controlled by the state themselves; they're not independently organized.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  It's part of their land expropriation. They take lands away from their proper owners. Although I only mentioned bloggers, journalists, farmers, and those in rural areas, they also target religious leaders as well—and not even leaders, but participants of non-state-sanctioned reli

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I think first and foremost would be the unconditional release of all prisoners of conscience. We need to get them out. Another important one is to get rid of all the vague articles in Vietnam's penal code that criminalize peaceful dissent, because they use those articles to say

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  As with many totalitarian dictatorship regimes, they concentrate their energy in mainly targeting the high-profile figureheads and the source of inspiration for the people, because those are the people who are able to get a lot of people to rise up and speak their minds. However

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  All of them are very pro human rights, and I believe all of them advocate for the promotion of human rights.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  No, these are different people.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  It's my job, mainly for human rights in Vietnam. What they do at their local chapters is what they do. I can certainly provide assistance.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Actually, if you don't mind, I would like to state that we do have four recommendations. If there is no time, I understand, but if you would like to hear our recommendations, I would be happy to tell you. It's up to you.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  There are so many who have the same bloodied face, I wouldn't blame you for getting them confused.