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Cornyn Introduces Bill to Combat Human Rights Violations in Vietnam

Press Release

Date: Jan. 21, 2016
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Foreign Affairs

U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after reintroducing S. 929, the Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act, which would impose sanctions and travel restrictions on Vietnamese nationals who are complicit in human rights abuses against other Vietnamese.

"The relationship between the United States and Vietnam cannot progress if the government of Vietnam continues to completely disregard the human rights of its own citizens. There is a serious and immediate need for more targeted U.S. action on behalf of the Vietnamese people, and I will continue to fight for those citizens who have lost their basic civil, religious, and political liberties at the hands of their own government," Sen. Cornyn said.


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