[For immediate release]
January 16, 2019
Today, Senator Thanh Hai Ngo issued the following Statement regarding Vietnam’s upcoming Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the United Nations Human Rights Council (OHCHR) on January 22, 2019:
“Vietnam’s upcoming Universal Periodic Review is a significant opportunity for Canada to take a stronger stance on the dire human rights situation in Vietnam. Basic civil and political rights, including freedom of expression, association, and peaceful public assembly, remain severely restricted in Vietnam. As early as 2018, over 100 known peaceful activists and human rights defenders were arrested and received lengthy jail sentences for exercising their freedom of expression.
