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 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.