Christian Rights Activists in Vietnam Charged with Serious ‘Crimes’
After 19 long months of investigative detention following his Dec. 16, 2015 arrest, renowned human rights attorney Nguyen Van Dai was finally charged with a crime on July 30.
Vietnam: ‘Accident’ kills pastor, Christian convert
As Pastor Dang Ba Nham, his wife and a church elder were praying with a recent convert to Christianity along a busy roadside, a large pickup truck with military plates suddenly veered across the street and struck them.
Vietnamese pastor’s wife mistreated, beaten
Earlier this month, the wife of an imprisoned pastor suffered severe mistreatment at the hands of Vietnamese authorities.
Two Christian activists beaten
Two Christian activists who had previously served prison sentences were both beaten and detained in Vietnam’s Central Highlands last month.
Montagnards escaping persecution to be repatriated?
Last month, Cambodian authorities ordered the United Nations’ commissioner for refugees to repatriate any Vietnamese Montagnards who were escaping from religious and ethnic persecution.
Vietnam: Persecution of Christian Montagnards is ‘state policy’
The persecution of religious minorities is now official Vietnamese state policy after Human Rights Watch released a June report revealing that government’s intentions to persecute any ethnic Montagnards who follow “unauthorized” Christianity.
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