Human Rights Watch and CPJ Report Vietnam Tightens Grip on Freedoms Under General Secretary To Lam
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Numerous religious groups have discreetly made their way into Vietnam, each of them subject to oppression by the state.
“Systematic, ongoing, and egregious” violations of religious freedom continue.
Authorities pursue increased persecution and dogged eradication of religion.
Religious freedom in Vietnam continues to deteriorate.
Unusual exceptions are given to foreign Buddhist sects, while Thich Nhat Hanh’s Plum Village (Lang Mai) is still outlawed in Vietnam.
The security situation in Dak Lak Province has “returned to normal” [1], and the lives of its residents have “gradually
[The Government's Reach] Dak Lak Province: Authorities threaten, smash gate of family following Evangelical Church of Christ On
Despite being placed on the U.S. Special Watch List, Vietnam continues to fiercely repress religion.
This article was published in Luat Khoa Magazine on June 26, 2023. Lee Nguyen translated this into English. The Dak
Buddhist temples will face less interference but will still have to share their merit donations.
It was the time of intricate entanglements of Caodaism's difficult relations with France, Japan, the Vietnamese Communists, and Ngo Dinh Diem's Government.
Indigenous ethnic groups reject the dominance of the Kinh people in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.
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