Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Vietnam
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Theravada
Date of Detainment: March/27/2025
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Thach Xuan Dong
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Thach Xuan Dong is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and religious freedom advocacy.
On March 27, 2025, Vietnamese authorities arrested Xuan Dong, a Khmer Krom activist and Theravada Buddhist, in Preah Trapeang. His arrest was part of a larger government crackdown on the Khmer Krom community for their Theravada Buddhism and religious freedom advocacy.
On November 18, authorities sentenced Xuan Dong to three years and six months' imprisonment for “abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the State, lawful rights, and interests of organizations and/or citizens,” (VCC 331).
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Vietnam
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Theravada
Date of Detainment: March/27/2025
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Thach Nga
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Thach Nga is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and religious freedom advocacy.
On March 27, 2025, Vietnamese authorities arrested Nga, a Khmer Krom activist and Theravada Buddhist, in Preah Trapeang. His arrest was part of a larger government crackdown on the Khmer Krom community for their Theravada Buddhist practices and religious freedom advocacy. Nga was held incommunicado for eight months and left pre-trial detention with severe scarring on his face consistent with being beaten.
On November 18, authorities sentenced Nga to three years and six months' imprisonment for “abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the State, lawful rights, and interests of organizations and/or citizens,” (VCC 331).
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Vietnam
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Theravada
Date of Detainment: March/27/2025
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Kim Som Rinh
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Kim Som Rinh is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and religious freedom advocacy.
On March 27, 2025, Vietnamese authorities arrested Rinh, a Khmer Krom monk, in Preah Trapeang. His arrest was part of a larger government crackdown on the Khmer Krom community for their religious freedom advocacy.
On November 18, authorities sentenced Rinh to three years and six months' imprisonment for “abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the State, lawful rights, and interests of organizations and/or citizens,” (VCC 331).