Reports
“My Teacher Said I Had a Disease”
Barriers to the Right to Education for LGBT Youth in Vietnam
The 65-page report, “‘My Teacher Said I Had a Disease’: Barriers to the Right to Education for LGBT Youth in Vietnam,” documents how LGBT youth in Vietnam face stigma and discrimination at home and at school over myths such as the false belief that same-sex attraction is a diagnosable, treatable, and curable mental health condition. Many experience verbal harassment and bullying, which in some cases leads to physical violence. Teachers are often untrained and ill-equipped to handle cases of anti-LGBT discrimination, and their lessons frequently uphold the widespread myth in Vietnam that same-sex attraction is a disease, Human Rights Watch found. The government of Vietnam should fulfill its pledges to protect the rights of LGBT people.
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No Country for Human Rights Activists
Assaults on Bloggers and Democracy Campaigners in VietnamThis report highlights 36 incidents in which unknown men in civilian clothes beat rights campaigners and bloggers between January 2015 and April 2017, often resulting in serious injuries. Many victims reported that beatings occurred in the presence of uniformed police who did nothing to intervene.
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Persecuting “Evil Way” Religion
Abuses against Montagnards in VietnamThis 33-page report is based on official Vietnamese media reports and Human Rights Watch interviews with Montagnards seeking asylum abroad. It describes religious and political persecution of Montagnards, highlanders who practice De Ga and Ha Mon forms of Christianity that the government calls “evil way” religions.
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Public Insecurity
Deaths in Custody and Police Brutality in VietnamThis 96-page report highlights cases of police brutality that resulted in deaths and serious injuries of people in custody between August 2010 and July 2014. Human Rights Watch documented abuses in 44 of Vietnam’s 58 provinces, throughout the country, and in all five of the country’s major cities.
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Torture in the Name of Treatment
Human Rights Abuses in Vietnam, China, Cambodia, and Lao PDRMore than 350,000 people identified as drug users are held in compulsory drug "treatment" centers in China and Southeast Asia. Detainees are held without due process for periods of months or years and may be subjected to physical and sexual abuse, torture, and forced labor.
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The Rehab Archipelago
Forced Labor and Other Abuses in Drug Detention Centers in Southern VietnamThe 121-page report documents the experiences of people confined to 14 detention centers under the authority of the Ho Chi Minh City government. Refusing to work, or violating center rules, results in punishment that in some cases is torture.
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Vietnam: The Party vs. Legal Activist Cu Huy Ha Vu
This 59-page report describes the unique elements that have made this Vietnam's most high-profile political trial in decades. They include Vu's legal challenges to promote human rights, official accountability, and environmental protection against the country's political elite, including Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
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Montagnard Christians in Vietnam
A Case Study in Religious RepressionThis 46-page report details the latest government crackdowns on these indigenous peoples, known collectively as Montagnards. The report documents police sweeps to root out Montagnards in hiding.
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Not Yet a Workers’ Paradise
Vietnam’s Suppression of the Independent Workers’ MovementThis 32-page report documents the Vietnamese government's crackdown on independent trade unions and profiles labor rights activists who have been detained, placed under house arrest, or imprisoned by the Vietnamese government in violation of international law.
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On the Margins
Rights Abuses of Ethnic Khmer in Vietnam’s Mekong DeltaThis report documents ongoing violations of the rights of the Khmer Krom in southern Vietnam and also abuses in Cambodia against Khmer Krom who have fled there for refuge.
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"Children of the Dust"
Abuse of Hanoi Street Children in DetentionThis 77-page report documents cases of serious violations of the rights of street children in Hanoi.
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No Sanctuary
Ongoing Threats to Indigenous Montagnards in Vietnam’s Central HighlandsDrawing on eyewitness accounts and published sources, this 55-page report provides fresh information about ongoing religious and political persecution of Montagnards, or indigenous communities, in Vietnam’s Central Highlands.
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Key Human Rights Issues in Vietnam
A Human Rights Watch Briefing PaperPresident Bush and Prime Minister Phan Van Khai will hold a joint White House press conference on Tuesday, June 21. In a new briefing paper on Vietnam’s human rights problems, Human Rights Watch outlined key issues that the two leaders should raise. -
Vietnam: Persecution of Montagnards Continues
Dega Christians Targeted in Latest CrackdownRecent religious reforms announced by the Vietnamese government are not improving religious freedom for many Christian Montagnards, indigenous hill people from Vietnam’s Central Highlands. -
Vietnam: Torture, Arrests of Montagnard Christians
Cambodia Slams the Door on New Asylum SeekersThis briefing paper describes new and disturbing information about recent large-scale arrests of Montagnard Christians living in Vietnam’s Central Highlands and the torture of Montagnard activists, house church leaders, and others, including individuals who have been deported or have voluntarily returned from Cambodia -
Vietnam: Independent Investigation of Easter Week Atrocities Needed Now
A Human Rights Watch Briefing PaperVietnamese officials and civilians acting on their behalf beat and killed dozens of Montagnards during Easter week demonstrations in the Central Highlands, when thousands of people gathered to protest confiscation of ancestral lands and religious repression, according to new eyewitness testimony obtained by Human Rights Wat
