FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jeff Beck (202) 225-3765
May 19, 2017 http://chrissmith.house.gov
Hearing on Vietnam set for May 25
Vietnamese Human Rights and Religious Freedom Topic of House Hearing
WASHINGTON, DC—Next Thursday, Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), Chairman of the House panel on global human rights, will be chairing a hearing entitled “Vietnam: Why Religious Freedom and Human Rights are Critical to U.S. National Interests.” The hearing will provide insight on the current human rights situation in Vietnam and serve as an additional pillar of information prior to the visit of Vietnamese Prime Minister, Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.
“The Vietnamese Communist government severely restricts religious freedom and the bipartisan U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) recently recommended that Vietnam be redesignated by the State Department as a ‘Country of Particular Concern,’ the annual blacklist of countries like China, Saudi Arabia, Iran, North Korea and Egypt that torture and jail religious believers and severely restrict religious practice,” said Smith. “When the Vietnamese Prime Minister visits the U.S. later this month, the Trump administration has an opportunity to assert that the American people will not subsidize the harsh repression of religious groups, democracy advocates, bloggers and journalists.”
Who: Chairman Smith (NJ-04), Senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations; other members of the Committee
Witness: Quan Q. Nguyen, M.D.
Chairman
Rallying for Democracy
Nguyen Dinh Thang, Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Boat People SOS
Mr. T. Kumar
Director of International Advocacy
Amnesty International
What: House hearing on human rights in Vietnam
When: Thursday, May 25, 2017 12:30 PM
Where: Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2172 (first floor)
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