Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Vietnam
Ethnic Group: Jarai
Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 12 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: August//2010
Date of Sentencing: April/5/2011
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
Siu Hlom was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In August 2010, authorities arrested Hlom after a series of protests in Gia Lai rubber plantations. Authorities accused him of being affiliated with Degar Protestantism, a religious movement not approved by the government, and being involved in separatist activities.
On April 5, 2011, the People's Court of Gia Lai Province sentenced Hlom to 12 years in prison and three to five years' probation for "undermining national unity policy" (Art. 87/1999 VCC).
Hlom's sentence should have ended in August 2022.
Photo provided by Campaign to Abolish Torture in Vietnam
"Montagnard Prisoners of Conscience, February 2022" Campaign to Abolish Torture in Vietnam
"Siu Hlom" The Project 88
"Gia Lai: 75 năm tù cho những kẻ phá hoại chính sách đại đoàn kết" Gia Lai Online