Thailand denies visas to Vietnam rights activists

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Source: Reuters

Thailand, under pressure from neighbouring Vietnam, denied visas to two political activists seeking to speak at a Bangkok media event on Monday about human rights issues in Vietnam, a Paris-based group said.

The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) said the Thai embassy in Paris had informed its representatives that their visas had been invalidated.

The Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) said it was dismayed the Thai government had blocked efforts to publicise a report that listed recommendations to Vietnam on how it could improve its rights record.

"This is frightening. It illustrates that it is impossible to speak about Vietnam's human rights record not only in Vietnam, but also in neighbouring countries," Souhayr Belhassen, president of FIDH, said in a statement.



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