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TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY / p.2 <br />L FREEDOMS OF OPINION AND SPEECH BEING CRUSHED / p.4 <br />1. Speech Is the Vietnamese Communist State's Monopoly / p. 4 <br />2. Suppression of Dissidents Who Express Different Opinions from the VCP Policies / p. 5 <br />IL POLITICAL RIGHTS STAND NULLIFIED / p.7 <br />1. The Right to Take Part in Government / p. 7 <br />2. Freedoms of Expression, Association, and Demonstration / p. 8 <br />3. Oppression against Dissidents / p. 9 <br />III. THE COURTS ARE TO SERVE ONLY THE CPV / p. 11 <br />1. Criminalization of All Activities Adverse to the CPV Interests / p. 11 <br />2. Violations of Basic Principles of Criminal Law / p. 13 <br />3. Oppression of Lawyers / p. 13 <br />4. An Inhuman System of Prisons / p. 14 <br />IV. POLICE BRUTALITY IN A POLICE STATE / p. 15 <br />V. NO FREEDOM OF RELIGION / p.18 <br />1. Legal Prohibition / p. 18 <br />2. Organizational Control / p. 19 <br />3. Violent Suppression / p. 20 <br />VI. WORKERS IN THE TRICKY HANDS OF THE STATE AND BUSINESS BOSSES / P. 21 <br />1. More and More Wildcat Strikes / p. 21 <br />2. Labor Unions — A State Monopoly / p. 22 <br />3. Forced Labor / p. 23 <br />4. Oppression against Activists Fighting for Workers / p. 24 <br />VII. "VICTIMS OF LAND INJUSTICE" OR THE STORY OF LAND RIGHTS PETITIONERS / P. 25 <br />VIII. HUMAN TRAFFICKING / p. 28 <br />1. Women and Children Tricked into Becoming Sex Slaves / p. 28 <br />2. Selling of Vietnamese "Brides" to Foreigners / p. 29 <br />3. Exploitation of Export Workers / p. 30 <br />RECOMMENDATIONS / p. 32 <br />APPENDIX: LIST OF PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE IN VIETNAM AS OF MARCH 2012 / P. 34 <br />Vietnam Human Rights Network * Annual Report 2011 1 <br />