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– Vietnam: End attacks on activists and bloggers (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News June 19, 2017

A new Human Rights Watch report highlights 36 incidents in which unknown men in civilian clothes beat rights campaigners and bloggers between January 2015 and April 2017, often resulting in serious injuries.
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