Rep. Lofgren Issues Statement on Vietnamese Religious Liberties

Press Release

Yesterday, Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) met with a group parishioners from the Diocese of San José, California and agreed to make efforts on behalf of Catholics in Vietnam. She released the following statement in response to recent accounts that Vietnamese Catholics have held numerous demonstrations for religious liberty in Hanoi.

"The regime in Hanoi must take firm and concrete action to prevent further religious and human rights violations against the Archdiocese of Hanoi and the Catholic faithful in Vietnam. The time has come for the government of Vietnam to recognize the right of religious groups to practice their faiths free of harassment and oppression. For far too long, people of faith have suffered under Hanoi's repressive and brutal rule."

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