The Washington Post
By Cu Huy Ha Vu, Published: May 16
Cu Huy Ha Vu is a constitutional scholar who twice sued Vietnam’s current prime minister for unlawful conduct. Since his release from a Vietnamese prison last month, he has lived in Northern Virginia.
Facing mounting pressure by the international community and seeking trade and security commitments, the Vietnamese government recently released five prisoners of conscience. I was one of them.
Such releases are always welcome, but they should not be confused with actual human rights improvements. There are an estimated 400 prisoners of conscience in Vietnam. Even as a handful of dissidents were released, a larger number were detained or sentenced to prison terms. Many in Southeast Asia believe that Vietnam has replaced Burma as the region’s worst violator of human rights.
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