Vietnam human rights hearings online

Congressional hearings on "Human Rights Concerns in Vietnam" is now online. The hearings were held before the House Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Nov. 6, 2007. Witnesses included Rep. Zoe Lofgren, Rep. Loretta Sanchez, Rep. Christopher Smith, Scott Marcial of the U.S. State Dept., Sophie Richardson of Human Rights Watch, Nguyen Dinh Thang of Boat People S.O.S. Committee, Cong Thanh Do of the People's Democratic Party, Duy (Dan) Hoang of the Viet Tan Party, and Kathryn Cameron Porter of the Leadership Council for Human Rights.

Sources: Online text of hearings at website of the House Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight and from the U.S. Government Printing Office.