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Vietnam dissident arrests double under leader To Lam, report says
Vietnam has doubled the number of dissident arrests under leader To Lam, with 56 documented cases in 2023 using broadly written laws to target activists and dissidents, according to The 88 Project. The report notes this marks the third consecutive year of increasing arrests, rising from 28 in 2022.
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