(Morning Star News) – Vietnamese authorities in Kontum Province this month resettled four severely persecuted ethnic Sedang Christian families on new land not far from where their homes and farms had been destroyed last February. This is a rare, positive government response to persecution and an important step in the struggle for religious liberty – […]
After Persecution for Faith, a Rare Religious Rights Success in Vietnam
Christian villagers given new land, farms.
June 27, 2013 By - Leave a Comment
Vietnam Stonewalls Efforts to Rectify Religious Rights Abuses
Officials cavalier or ineffective in face of murder, destruction.
June 7, 2013 By - Leave a Comment
(Morning Star News) – In February, sustained night-time attacks by “villagers with the hand of the government behind them” in Vietnam’s Central Highlands destroyed the homes and thousands of coffee plants of ethnic Sedang Christians. Eventually four families in Ngoc La village, Tumorong District, Kontum Province – 19 people in all – were forced to […]
Officials in Vietnam Claim Christian Who Died in Police Custody Committed Suicide
Stunned family refutes declaration, citing signs of savage beating.
April 9, 2013 By - 1 Comment
LOS ANGELES (Morning Star News) – Vietnamese officials are calling the death of a Christian in police custody a suicide – a claim family members of the severely beaten Christian strongly refute. Hoang Van Ngai, previously identified by his Hmong name of Vam Ngaij Vaj, died on March 17 in custody in Gia Nghia, Dak Nong […]
Hmong Christian Leader in Vietnam Beaten to Death in Police Custody, Sources Say
Electrical shock torture suspected; autopsy report claims he stuck hand in electrical outlet.
March 28, 2013 By - 5 Comments
LOS ANGELES (Morning Star News) – A Hmong church leader in Vietnam has been beaten to death in police custody, area sources said. Police beat Vam Ngaij Vaj around his neck and shoulders and likely used electric shock on him, resulting in his death on March 17, said a church leader who spoke with those who […]
Ethnic Families in Vietnam Ransacked, Beaten for their New Faith
Recently converted Christians in Central Highlands suffer nights of terror, beating by day.
February 26, 2013 By - 1 Comment
DANANG, Vietnam (Morning Star News) – Newly converted Christians of the Sedang ethnic minority in Vietnam’s Central Highlands were terrorized last week – their homes and personal property badly damaged or destroyed in four consecutive night raids, and some of the faithful seriously injured from beatings in broad daylight, sources said. Since becoming Christians in […]
Vietnam’s New Religion Decree Termed a Step Backward
Legal recognition will now take at least 23 years; decree aims to end house churches.
January 24, 2013 By - 2 Comments
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (Morning Star News) – Protestant Christians and leaders of other faiths in Vietnam are criticizing a new decree on religion that went into effect this year as a significant step backward, with one Christian activist saying it could put an end to the house-church movement. In a Jan. 18 […]
Will We Be Their Voice?
Bill would create special envoy for religious minorities in the Middle East/South Central Asia.
January 17, 2013 By - Leave a Comment
(Morning Star News) – Christians worldwide just celebrated the birth of Jesus. For many in the West this was a festive season marked by worship services, gift-giving and time with family and friends. But for the church in the Middle East, fear of persecution cast a long, dark shadow over the Christmas holiday. Oppression […]