A rights group warns Vietnam is ramping up arrests under broad laws to crush dissent
BANGKOK (AP) — Vietnam is increasingly using broadly written laws to arrest activists, dissidents and others that authorities consider a threat to the Communist party's rule, according to a new analysis released Monday by a human rights group. The 88 Project, which focuses on rights issues in Vietnam, documented 56 such arrests in 2025, the third consecutive year of increases and double the number in 2022. The report includes only arrests where the defendant could be identified by name and a...
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