Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Vietnam
Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant
Date of Detainment: October/8/2025
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Y Nuen Ayun
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Y Nuen Ayun is detained for his religious belief and association.
On October 8, 2025, Vietnamese authorities arrested Y Nuen Ayun, a leader of the unregistered Montagnard Evangelical Church of Christ.
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Vietnam
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Theravada
Date of Detainment: March/25/2025
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Thach Chanh Da Ra
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Thach Chanh Da Ra is Imprisoned and for his ethnoreligious identity and religious practice.
On March 25, 2025, Vietnamese authorities arrested Ra, a Khmer Krom activist and Theravada Buddhist, in Preah Trapeang. His arrest was part of a larger government crackdown on the Krmer Krom community for their Theravada Buddhist practices and religious freedom advocacy.
Authorities sentenced Ra to six years' imprisonment.
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Vietnam
Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant
Date of Detainment: September//2024
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Y Thinh Nie
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Y Thinh Nie is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In September 2024, Vietnamese authorities detained Y Thinh Nie, a Montagnard Protestant, for refusing to join the state-controlled Evangelical Church of Vietnam – South (ECVN-South).
In May 2025, authorities sentenced him to 9 years' imprisonment.