The White House fact sheet issued during President Joe Biden's visit to Vietnam weighed in at over 2,600 words. The section on human rights contained just 112 words, including a sub-heading.
But for rights advocates, Biden's travels were a disappointment, given his administration's vow to prioritize human rights when taking office in 2021.deepening cooperation
"The Biden administration is clearly sidelining human rights in the interest of advancing partnerships with governments it sees as strategically important – and sending a message that the U.S. is willing to tolerate blatant failures to protect and uphold human rights," said Carolyn Nash, Asia advocacy director at Amnesty International.
In the first eight months of 2023 alone, HRW said, courts sentenced at least 15 people to long prison terms in violation of their rights to a fair trial. "This is especially true with Vietnam, where the government does not particularly care about its reputation internationally with respect to rights," Sifton said, while adding that it was vital to criticize Modi's rights record publicly as that was the most effective way to push him to change.
Campbell said that while India "continues to be a work in progress" on rights, "The key here is for us to maintain a respectful dialogue and to approach some of the challenges with a degree of humility given some of the challenges that we face in our own country."said the sides made an "enhanced commitment to meaningful dialogue" in the U.S.-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue.
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