Additional Name(s): Ama Kiêu, Kiêu Rah Lan
Gender: Male
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: May//2019
Date of Sentencing: August//2019
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Religious Belief Unregistered Religious Activity
Nature of Charges: Subversion
Rah Lan Hip is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In May 2019, state media announced that authorities had arrested Hip for "undermining national unity policy" (Art. 116/2015 VCC). Prosecutors accused him of promoting Degar Protestantism, a religion unrecognized by the government, on social media and receiving money in support of separatist activities and his religion.
In August 2019, Hip was sentenced to seven years in prison and three to five years' probation.
Hip is married with five children.
"Montagnard Prisoners of Conscience, February 2022" Campaign to Abolish Torture in Vietnam
"Ran Lan Hip" The Project 88
2019 Report on International Religious Freedom: Vietnam U.S. Department of State