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 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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"Montagnard Prisoners of Conscience, February 2022" Campaign to Abolish Torture in Vietnam
"Case BPSOS-03: Central Highlands Protestant Churches" Boat People SOS (BPSOS)
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Vietnam
Ethnic Group: Bahnar
Religion or Belief: Christian – Catholic
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 7 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: October//2015
Date of Sentencing: April//2016
Current Status: Unknown
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Religious Belief Unregistered Religious Activity
Nature of Charges: Subversion
Dinh Kuh was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In October 2015, authorities arrested Kuh for participating in a religious group not approved by the government. Authorities accused Kuh and other Ha Mon Catholics of separatist activities. He was subsequently charged with "undermining national unity policy" (Art. 87/1999 VCC).
In April 2016, the People’s Court of Gia Lai Province sentenced Kuh to seven years in prison and three to five years' probation.
Kuh's sentence should have ended in October 2022.
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"Montagnard Prisoners of Conscience, February 2022" Campaign to Abolish Torture in Vietnam
World Report 2017: Vietnam Human Rights Watch
Additional Name(s): Ro Mah Khil
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Vietnam
Ethnic Group: Jarai
Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 9 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Sentencing: September//2014
Current Status: Unknown
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Religious Belief Unregistered Religious Activity
Nature of Charges: Subversion
Rmah Khil was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In 2014, authorities arrested Khil after accusing him of organizing meetings to establish support for Degar Protestantism, a religious movement not approved by the government, and separatist activities. They also claim that he had informed overseas contacts about Montagnard prisoners of conscience.
In September 2014, the People's Court of Gia Lai Province sentenced Khil to nine years in prison and three to five years' probation for "undermining national unity policy" (Art. 87/1999 VCC).
Rmah Khil's sentence should have ended.
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"Montagnard Prisoners of Conscience, February 2022" Campaign to Abolish Torture in Vietnam
"Gia Lai: 28 năm tù cho 3 đối tượng phá hoại chính sách đoàn kết" ANTV
"Phá hoại đại đoàn kết - thân tù tội, gia đình ly tán" Congly