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Mar 29, 2025
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Vietnamese workers, most of whom are women, have no mechanisms to defend their rights (Photo: World Bank)

EU sacrifices human rights for Vietnam free trade

For almost six months, the family and friends of imprisoned Vietnamese lawyer and activist Nguyen Van Dai have been waiting to hear what will happen to him.

Dai was arrested on 16 December 2015, hours before a planned meeting with EU officials in Hanoi. Since his arrest, his wife has not been allowed to send a Bible and newspapers, and his lawyer has been denied a meeting.

An EEAS [the EU foreign service] stat...

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Vietnamese workers, most of whom are women, have no mechanisms to defend their rights (Photo: World Bank)

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