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Vietnam's Communist Party Jails its Most Trenchant Critic

Pham Doan Trang was merely telling the government to honor its rights commitments

Dec 09, 2021
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By: David Brown

The Vietnamese authorities are about to try Pham Doan Trang next week just for insisting that they honor the guarantees of civil liberties set out in Vietnam's constitution.

In a photo taken on the night she was arrested, Trang is clearly exhausted, worn down by years on the run. Flanked by two policemen, one in uniform, the other plainclo…

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