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UN experts on Monday condemned what they described as escalating repression against the Khmer Krom people in Vietnam, urging authorities to cease targeting minority communities through security laws and to release those detained for peaceful activity.
Experts reported Khmer Krom defenders, as well as activists and Theravada Buddhist monks, face systemic harassment, criminalization, and religious and cultural repression for peaceful efforts to promote Indigenous identity, cultural expression and religious freedom. They further condemned claims that Indigenous and cultural identity threatens national security or public order.
The report stated that 17 individuals tied to the groups have been improperly arrested, convicted, and sentenced for exercising rights to freedom of religion or belief, expression, association, peaceful assembly, and participation in cultural life. Some detainees were reportedly tortured or mistreated during pretrial detention.
The cases come from a series of arrests and violent raids linked to the Tro Nom Sek Temple in Vinh Long province. The Buddhist temple has resisted pressure to join the state-sanctioned Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, which has resulted in partial demolition of temple structures, disruption of Khmer language classes, and forcible defrocking of monks as well as targeting of human rights defenders documenting these events.
Urging compliance with international human rights standards, experts called on Vietnam to recognize and protect the rights of Indigenous Peoples, religious minorities and rights defenders. They pressed officials to end reliance on vague security provisions against these groups and ensure access to legal counsel, family visits and adequate medical care for detainees.
The Khmer Krom, an Indigenous group in the Mekong Delta, have long reported discrimination, restrictions on religious practice, and limits on cultural and linguistic rights, with defenders facing intimidation, arbitrary detention and disproportionate sentencing. Similar concerns were raised with the government in 2021 and 2022.
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Experts reported Khmer Krom defenders, as well as activists and Theravada Buddhist monks, face systemic harassment, criminalization, and religious and cultural repression for peaceful efforts to promote Indigenous identity, cultural expression and religious freedom. They further condemned claims that Indigenous and cultural identity threatens national security or public order.
The report stated that 17 individuals tied to the groups have been improperly arrested, convicted, and sentenced for exercising rights to freedom of religion or belief, expression, association, peaceful assembly, and participation in cultural life. Some detainees were reportedly tortured or mistreated during pretrial detention.
The cases come from a series of arrests and violent raids linked to the Tro Nom Sek Temple in Vinh Long province. The Buddhist temple has resisted pressure to join the state-sanctioned Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, which has resulted in partial demolition of temple structures, disruption of Khmer language classes, and forcible defrocking of monks as well as targeting of human rights defenders documenting these events.
Urging compliance with international human rights standards, experts called on Vietnam to recognize and protect the rights of Indigenous Peoples, religious minorities and rights defenders. They pressed officials to end reliance on vague security provisions against these groups and ensure access to legal counsel, family visits and adequate medical care for detainees.
The Khmer Krom, an Indigenous group in the Mekong Delta, have long reported discrimination, restrictions on religious practice, and limits on cultural and linguistic rights, with defenders facing intimidation, arbitrary detention and disproportionate sentencing. Similar concerns were raised with the government in 2021 and 2022.
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