UN expert accuses Vietnam of targeting human rights defenders


An independent UN expert on accused Vietnam of targeting human rights defenders, after a spate of high-profile arrests and convictions.

Five environmentalists have been jailed for tax evasion in the communist country since last year, in what activists see as a campaign to silence them.

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