Tran Thi Ngoc Minh, mother of jailed Vietnamese activist Do Thi Minh Hanh, listens as Nguyen Dinh Thang of Boat People SOS (R) speaks about torture and abuse of political and religious prisoners in Vietnam, in Washington, DC, January 16, 2014 – by Jim Watson
The mother of Do Thi Minh Hanh, one of three organizers at a shoe factory sentenced in 2010 to up to nine years in prison, said Vietnam’s authorities were eager to seal the Trans-Pacific Partnership, an ambitious trade deal under negotiation among 12 nations including the United States, Japan and Australia.
“This would give a great occasion for the US to impress on Vietnam the need to release political prisoners including my daughter and to improve conditions for workers and labor rights in Vietnam,” the mother, Tran Thi Ngoc Minh, told a news conference at the US Congress.
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