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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Rights group documents extrajudicial harassment in Vietnam

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Vietnam’s Communist government routinely obstructs people's movement and conducts other extrajudicial harassment including house arrest in its systematic repression of civil and political rights, Human Rights Watch said in a report Thursday.

“These widely practiced violations of the right to freedom of movement in Vietnam are often overlooked in conventional rights reporting, which often focuses on larger-stake issues such as the prosecution and long-term imprisonment of dissidents, land and labor rights violations, and the suppression of fundamental liberties,” the report said.

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