Three non-governmental organizations (NGOs) - Lawyers Rights Watch Canada, Lawyers for Lawyers, and Amnesty International Netherlands - express concern about a violent attack on prominent Vietnamese human rights lawyer Le Quoc Quan. They request that the Vietnamese government conduct an investigation, protect Quan and his family, and end harassment of human rights defenders in Vietnam in accordance with international human rights standards. Failure to do so could jeopardize Vietnam's goal of joining the UN Human Rights Council.