Five organisers from the independent United Workers-Farmers Organization, were arrested and remain in prison.
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In Vietnam independent unions are illegal, Nguyen Tan Hoanh, Tran Thi Le Hang, Doan Huy Chuong and his father Doan Van Dien were arrested in November last year, a month after the organisation was launched. Tran Quoc Hien was arrested in January this year after his election as a spokesman for the UWFO.
The union has tried to demand safer and better working conditions and an end to corruption and land seizures.
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