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).