Gender: Male

Current Location: Soc Trang Province

Perpetrator: Vietnam

Ethnic Group: Khmer Krom

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 3 Years, 6 Months' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: July/31/2023

Date of Sentencing: February//2024

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Civil Rights Work for Religious Communities Ethnoreligious Identity Human Rights Work for Religious Communities

Nature of Charges: Subversion

Dahn Minh Quang

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Danh Minh Quang is imprisoned for his human rights advocacy for religious communities. 

On or around July 31, 2023, Vietnamese authorities in Soc Trang province arrested Dahn Minh Quang and charged him with “abusing democratic freedoms” (Art. 331/2015 VCC). Dahn Minh Quang, a Khmer Krom Buddhist activist, was reportedly targeted because he distributed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and participated in various UN events to promote human rights. He also advocates for the rights of Khmer Krom Buddhists to practice their religion as informed by their ethnic and cultural background and independent from state interference.

In February 2024, a court in Soc Trang Province sentenced Danh Minh Quang to three years and six months' imprisonment.

USCIRF met with Danh Minh Quang during its May 2023 country visit to Vietnam. 

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