As a Vietnamese-American who has fought peacefully for human rights and democracy in Vietnam. I was held 38 days in jail last fall 2006 for reasons regarding these activities. Without the support of US Congressional members, Zoe Lofgren and Loretta Sanchez, Senators Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein and the Governor of California, the Vietnamese communities around the world, my family and many others. I would not be able to testify today. I have done nothing wrong but to promote and defend the values that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights clearly declares “as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society”. Testimony of Cong Thanh Do, People's Democratic Party of Vietnam   more »