Human rights and congressional leaders advocating for victims of widespread abuses, religious persecution and political repression at the hands of the Vietnamese Government will gather for a press conference Tuesday in response to President Obama visiting Vietnam. The press conference participants will call for an end to Vietnam’s instruments of repression and the release of all prisoners of conscience. 

Who:  

• Chairman Chris Smith, (R-NJ) Senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and chair of its subcommittee on global human rights, and Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-CA);

• Nguyen Dinh Thang, Ph.D., Executive Director, Boat People SOS

• Vietnamese human rights advocates

What:   Press conf. on human rights and President Obama’s trip to Vietnam

When:    Tues., May 24, 2016 @ 3 p.m.

Where:  The House Triangle, pictured here, is located in the grassy triangle area on the Capitol Building's East Front lawn, just off Independence Ave. near New Jersey Ave. RAIN LOCATION: TBA.

 

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