Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Vietnam

Ethnic Group: Jarai

Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 6 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: December//2020

Date of Sentencing: August//2021

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Religious Belief Unregistered Religious Activity

Nature of Charges: Subversion

Siu Chon

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Siu Chon is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In December 2020, authorities arrested Chon following a crackdown on the First Christian Church, an independent house church.  Authorities accused him of being in contact with an American-based pastor, whom they allege use his religion to support separatist activities in Vietnam.

In August 2021, the People's Court of Gia Lai Province sentenced Chon to six years in prison and three years' probation for "undermining national unity policy" (Art. 87/1999 VCC).

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Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Vietnam

Ethnic Group: Jarai

Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 6 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: December//2020

Date of Sentencing: August//2021

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Religious Belief Unregistered Religious Activity

Nature of Charges: Subversion

Rah Lan Rah

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Rah Lan Rah is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In December 2020, authorities arrested Rah following a crackdown on the First Christian Church, an independent house church.  Authorities accused him of being in contact with an American-based pastor, whom they allege use his religion to support separatist activities in Vietnam.

In August 2021, the People's Court of Gia Lai Province sentenced Rah to six years in prison and three years' probation for "undermining national unity policy" (Art. 87/1999 VCC).

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Gender: Male

Current Location: Dak Trung Prison, M'Drak, Dak Lak

Perpetrator: Vietnam

Ethnic Group: Jarai

Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 7 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: July/30/2015

Current Status: Unknown

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Resisting State Interference into Religious Affairs

Nature of Charges: Subversion

Y Hriam Kpa

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Y Hriam Kpa was imprisoned for his religious activity and for resisting state pressure to dissolve his church.

On July 30, 2015, authorities arrested Kpa, a house-church leader in Ea H’leo District, Gia Lai, after he refused to shut down his church following pressure from authorities. 

On an unspecified date, Kpa was sentenced to seven years in prison and three to five years' probation for "undermining national unity policy" (Art. 87/1999 VCC).

Kpa's sentence should have ended in July 2022.

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