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RESCUE VIETNAM'S 40,000 FORCED LABORERS
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    1. CHILE - Foreign Minister Alfredo Moreno (+ 15 others)
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      • CHILE - Foreign Minister Alfredo Moreno
      • Nkenge Harmon, Deputy Asst USTR for Public & Media Affairs (US - US Trade Representative)
      • SINGAPORE - The Hon Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law, K. Shanmugam
      • Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Confidential Secretary (BRUNEI - His Royal Highness Prince Mohamed Bolkiah)
      • SINGAPORE - The Hon Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law, K. Shanmugam
      • Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Private and Confidential Secretary (BRUNEI - His Royal Highness Prince Mohamed Bolkiah)
      • Michael L Benton, Economic/Commercial Officer (US - Office of Multilateral Trade Affairs)
      • Minister for Foreign Affairs (AUS - Hon Kevin Rudd)
      • Amanda Scott, USTR New Media Coordinator (US - US Trade Representative)
      • NEW ZEALAND - The Hon Murray McCully, Foreign Minister
      • US - US Trade Representative
      • C Guthrie Asst USTR for Public & Media Affairs (US - US Trade Representative)
      • Lewis Karesh, Assistant USTR on Labor Affairs (US - US Trade Representative)
      • MALAYSIA – Honourable Dato' Sri Anifah Hj. Aman, Foreign Minister
      • Minister for Trade (AUS - Hon Dr Craig Emerson)
      • PERU – Foreign Minister Rafael Roncagliolo
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SHOCKING! STOP VIETNAM'S FORCED LABOR

==(TIẾNG VIỆT DƯỚI ĐÂY - VIETNAMESE BELOW)==

The Vietnamese authorities put drug users into “drug rehab” centres which in reality are profitable forced-labor sweatshops. FORTY THOUSAND PEOPLE, INCLUDING HUNDREDS OF KIDS, are held as forced laborers. If they refuse to work, they are beaten with truncheons or electrical batons.

Vietnam, hoping to join the TransPacific Partnership [Free Trade] Agreement, would likely listen if TPPA partner governments speak up.

Please click to tell these governments: Vietnam must release and pay compensation to these people before joining TPPA. And, include labor-rights texts in TPPA to ban forced-labor exports and protect workers’ rights.

Download Human Rights Watch's 127-page report at: http://www.hrw.org/reports/2011/09/07/rehab-archipelago-0

OR download our 4-page summary at http://protectvietworkers.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/cpvw-highlights-of-hrw-report-re-vns-forced-labor-drug-users-1i9.docx

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Use trade pact TPP to stop Vietnam's forced-labor camps masquerading as "drug rehab" centers

Dear Minister / Trade Representative

THE VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES THROW 40,000 DRUG USERS INTO THEIR "DRUG-REHAB" CENTERS, WHICH IN REALITY ARE FORCED-LABOR SWEATSHOPS.

I respectfully call on your government to ensure that Vietnam cannot sign the TransPacific Partnership Agreement without closing the centers and paying compensation to their victims. It should run programs where drug users can voluntarily seek help without being detained and forced to work, making profits for the authorities.

Further, I call on you to have strong labor-rights texts in the TPPA. I understand that ITUC (International Trade Union Confederation) has suggested texts to ban exports involving child-labor or forced-labor, implement international norms such as the right to have independent trade unions, and establish conformance mechanisms.

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