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

Extra Bio Info:

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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