John Sifton: “Tell Vietnam to shut these facilities down.”

I would submit that membership in an entity who purports to espouse particular values as it relates to basic human rights and yet allows actors who are some of the most egregious violators of those values the positions and authority that…

The fact of the matter is an Indian NGO can give $1 million to an American organization. I, if I were a millionaire, which I am not, I cannot so freely give money to the Lawyers, Collective or Compassion. That is a question of parity.

There is no doubt. There is no doubt at all. There is worldwide crackdown on civil society underway, and this is but one example.

A lot of this will be made better if you start reforming and if you show progress on human rights and accountability.