John Sifton: “When U.S. officials speak with Indian officials, they should raise concerns about the FCRA directly.”

I think it wouldn't be correct to assume that the U.S. Government doesn't raise human rights issues outside of this dialogue.

the spotlight really belongs on Vietnam itself to give some kind of sign that it will address these issues and not ignore them.

If Tokyo and Brussels and Paris and London and all the rest of them, together, make demands about what needs to happen going forward toward the next democratic exercise, if they make credible warnings to Hun Sen about the price of not…

CPC designation, generally, needs to be overhauled. I have great respect for the current Ambassador, but the fact of the matter is when countries like Vietnam and India are not on the list, it creates huge questions about the criteria that…