HANOI, Sept 14 (Reuters): More than 50 winners of a prominent global environmental prize have called on the UN human rights council (UNHRC) to reject Vietnam's effort to join it, citing a crackdown on climate activists in the South-East Asian nation.
In a letter published on this week, 52 winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize flagged concerns over a two-year jail sentence handed to one of Vietnam's best-known environmental advocates, Nguy Thi Khanh.
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