Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Certainly, and I also want to add a note to what you said about what will happen when these individuals return home. I think one of the more concrete things a lot of members of Parliament can do, since we have their itinerary, is to send a message to the Canadian embassy saying t

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you, Mr. Cotler. To your first question regarding gender-based violence, I want to particularly mention the cases of female activists, female human rights defenders. Certainly they are in much more harm when they are in prison. The violence perpetrated against them is, if

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I myself have a background in gender-based violence in Vietnam. I mean, like most countries, there are certainly not the sophisticated mechanisms for those who are experiencing violence to seek redress. Certainly that's always been an issue. I know there are a lot of civil societ

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Ladies and gentlemen, members of the Subcommittee on International Human Rights, good afternoon. Thank you for this opportunity to add to the testimony on the human rights situation in Vietnam. Last month, you heard from my colleague and chairman of Vi