Since
May this year Vietnam has intensified their opression toward
Degar people. Below are just 'a tip of iceberg' of what is
happening to Degar people.
This
page will be updated daily as more news received from our
people. Visit
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17
August 2006
“REMEMBER THE MONTAGNARDS” CAMPAIGN
we ask that our people's sacrifice
during the Vietnam War be remembered and cry out in desperation
now to ensure that human rights for our people become
a real and concrete part of this growing relationship
between the United States and Vietnam. |
07 August 2006
MMONTAGNARD
DEGAR CHRISTIAN DIES IN INTERROGATION ROOM
A Montagnard Degar Christian named Y Ngo Adrong ,
age 49, from Dak Lak Province was tortured to death in the
police interrogation room at Ea H'Leo District, Dak Lak
Province. |
24 July 2006
MONTAGNARD FOUNDATION APPEALS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS:
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ISOLATED FROM THE REST OF VIETNAM
The Central Highlands remains
isolated from the rest of Vietnam and authorities commit
ongoing human rights violations there against our indigenous
people such as the following: 13 July 2006 the police
in Dak Lak province tortured to death a Montagnard Degar
Christian in police station and on 14 June 2006 Vietnamese
authorities arrested the wife of a UNHCR returnee. |
13 July 2006
TWO MONTAGNARD DEGAR CHRISTIANS KILLED IN PRISON:
WIFE DENIED BODY OF HER DEAD HUSBAND BY VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES
... the authorities told her that she could
not bring her husband bone back to her village until he
finished his stipulated prison sentence. In
this kind of attitude, the Vietnamese authorities really
show their hatred toward Degar people.... |
10 July 2006
MONTAGNARD DEGAR CHRISTIANS ARRESTED IN JULY 2006 AFTER ATTENDING
A CHRISTIAN PRAYER VIGIL
... Vietnamese police came to the prayer
vigil and started collecting names of the Degar Christians who
attended and started making arrests... |
03 July 2006
BRAIN DAMAGE AND A SLOW DEATH FOR “TORTURED” MONTAGNARD DEGAR MAN: ANOTHER NEEDS URGENT MEDICAL TREATMENT
His health
deteriorated and authorities fearing he would die in custody
released him to his family on May 28, 2006 . He is now
near death at Kien Giang Hospital close to Ho Chi Minh
City . Information received indicates he will not live
long due to his injuries and inhumane treatment he received
in prison. |
30 June 2006
11 MORE MONTAGNARD DEGAR
CHRISTIANS ARRESTED AND TORTURED:VIETNAM’S
RACIST POLICIES CREATE ENVIRONMENT OF FEAR
To date over 350 Degar prisoners
remain in Vietnamese prisons for charges involving standing
up for their human rights, for spreading Christianity
or for fleeing to Cambodia. Vietnamese soldiers continue
with a campaign of repression and specifically to hunt
down and arrest Montagnard Degars who refuse to follow
the recognized government Church . |
24 June 2006
UPDATE OF THE TWO MEDIA RELEASE REPORTS OF 20 AND 22 MAY 2006
...,the Vietnamese
government has ordered 20 trucks of soldiers from the
province of Gialai, Daklak, Danang, Nhatrang, and Phu
Yen to the site in order to send the protesters back
to their villages. And at the present time, the three
villages of Bon Bai, Bon Pung and Bon Ju are surrounded
by heavily armed soldiers. |
10 June 2006
MONTAGNARD FOUNDATION ASKS CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD TO PRAY THAT VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES RELEASE MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER FROM PRISON:
THREE MONTAGNARD DEGAR CHILDREN ARE ABANDONED
Degar
women named Rahlan H'Riem and her mother in law named
Nay H'Brek and imprisoned them at Krong Pa District
prison because they refused to join the official government
recognized Church headed by “Siu Kim”. |
09 June 2006
VIETNAMESE SECURITY FORCES ARREST MONTAGNARD DEGAR STUDENTS FOR LISTENING TO MUSICAL CASSETTES FROM THE UNITED STATES
Vietnamese authorities in Buonmathuot City have arrested, tortured and imprisoned 11 Degar Montagnard students who attend the University of Ama Mtrang Long , University of Cao Ngyuen and the Technical school of Buonmathuot . |
08 June 2006
This type of repression indicates any Montagnard Degar who simply owns a mobile cell phone will be subjected to arrest based solely on race and ethnicity. It is feared this discrimination by Vietnamese authorities will add to the tensions building in the region. |
06 June 2006
This land confiscation issue is one of the underlying problems confronting the Degar Montagnard people and the Vietnamese government has continued to act in a discriminatory and repressive way concerning this issue. |
05 June 2006
Our sources in the region informed us the 300 villagers
fled because of brutality imposed on them by security forces,
namely harassment, arrests and torture.
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26 May 2006
Religious
and ethnic persecution continues against the Degar
people while Vietnam continues negotiations for accession
into the World Trade Organization.
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23 May 2006
At 6:00 o'clock PM on 15 May 2006
approximately 40 army trucks full of heavily armed soldiers surrounded
the abovementioned four villages and it is feared the government will
use this situation as an excuse to violently attack the Degars there. |
22 May 2006
On 9 May 2006 an ethnic Vietnamese
man named Muoi used a machete to seriously injure three
Montagnard (Degar) villagers, where one of the victims
almost bled to death on the scene |
09 May 2006
He was 62 years old and from the village of Ploi
Kueng , Habong commune, Cu Se District, Gia Lai Province |
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