Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Vietnam
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Theravada
Date of Detainment: March//2024
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Kim Khiem is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and religious practice.
In March 2024, Vietnamese authorities arrested Kim, a Khmer Krom monk and Theravada Buddhist. His arrest was part of a larger government crackdown on the Krmer Krom community for their Theravada Buddhist practices and religious freedom advocacy.
On November 26, 2025, authorities sentenced Kim to three years' imprisonment.