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December 20, 2019
Congressman/Congresswoman (First Name Last Name)
US House of Representatives
Washington DC 20515
Dear Congressman/Congresswoman (Last Name):

We are writing first to thank you for having supported the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act and the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act. The brave residents of Hong Kong and the persecuted Uyghur Muslims deserve the support of the American people and government. We would like to bring to your attention the ongoing egregious human rights violations in Vietnam and ask for your support for H.R. 1383, Vietnam Human Rights Act.

In the past two years, the Vietnamese government has significantly stepped up its crackdown against independent churches and indigenous communities; suppressed freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly and association; and arrested an increasing number of advocates for political and religious freedoms. The number of prisoners of conscience in Vietnam has surpassed 250.

Most concerning is Vietnam’s harsh treatment of religious communities that refuse to submit themselves to the government’s control. In its Country Update Report released in late November 2019, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) concluded that Vietnam’s “mandatory registration requirements are fundamentally incompatible with the international human rights standards to which Vietnam has agreed.” This commission continues to recommend that Vietnam be designated a “country of particular concern” (CPC) due to its systemic, ongoing and egregious violations of religious freedom. The US Department of State’s report on religious freedom for 2018 raised concerns about the implementation of Vietnam’s new law on belief and religion, the status of religious believers detained or imprisoned, and the situation of ethnic religious minority groups.

In light of the deteriorating human rights conditions in Vietnam, H.R. 1383 calls on the Department of State to include in its annual report information regarding the country's progress in ending torture and violence against religious groups and returning property improperly confiscated by the Vietnamese government. The bill also authorizes the State Department to establish programs to (1) monitor and halt sex trafficking of women from Vietnam and other Asian countries, and (2) address Vietnam's growing sex-ratio disparity. It authorizes the President to provide assistance for ethnic minority groups in Vietnam affected by human rights violations and directs the State Department to report on such efforts.

As the United States forges a closer relationship with Vietnam over shared economic and security interests, it is critical that we ensure that, in the process, human rights of Vietnamese citizens will be better protected. Please sign on as a co-sponsor of H.R. 1383. Thank you!

So far, the bill’s co-sponsors include:

Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47]
Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray, Jr. [D-CA-39]
Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]
Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]
Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
Rep. Rouda, Harley [D-CA-48]
Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
Rep. Wright, Ron [R-TX-6]
Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Rep. Horn, Kendra S. [D-OK-5]
Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3]

Respectfully Yours,

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