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May 2000
Vol. 12, No. 1, (C)

VIETNAM:
THE SILENCING OF DISSENT

I. SUMMARY

II. RECOMMENDATIONS

III. REPRESSION OF DISSIDENT VOICES
Monitoring of Former Political Prisoners
Stifling Dissent from within the Party
Silencing Critical Poets and Intellectuals
Controlling Rural Unrest
Persecution of Religious Dissidents

IV. RESTRICTIONS ON FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

V. ARBITRARY DETENTION OF DISSIDENTS

VI. CONCLUSION
Appendix A: Partial List of Political Prisoners in Vietnam, April 29, 2000
Appendix B: Tran Do's application to publish a private newspaper and the response from the Ministry of Culture and Information:
Appendix C: Letter of Protest to the Government of Vietnam from Nguyen Thanh Giang