‘Well-founded fears’: Montagnards due to return to Vietnam worry what awaits themSeptember 18, 2017 — ICC Note: Montagnards, Christian ethnic minority who are due to be deported back to Vietnam will likely face serious persecution. Despite UNHCR’s persistence, the Cambodian government is not willing to...
Seven Montagnard Asylees On Their Way to the PhilippinesSeptember 14, 2017 — ICC Note: Seven Montagnards scheduled to fly out of Cambodia as the fate of other twenty-nine hangs in balance. UNHCR is working tirelessly to convince the Cambodian government that the...
Montagnard Asylees set for deportation back to VietnamSeptember 12, 2017 — ICC Note: Twenty-nine Montagnard asylees beg the UN to interfere as they face danger of being deported back to Vietnam where they face persecution. Montagnards, a Christian ethnic minority from...
Cambodia government to ‘forcibly deport’ asylum seekersSeptember 1, 2017 — ICC Note: Montagnards, a mostly Christian ethnic minority that fled from Vietnam fear for being forcibly deported by Cambodian government. Under the pretense that they are not refugees, Cambodia might...
Cambodia uncooperative in relocating Montagnard asylum seekers, says UN envoyAugust 18, 2017 — ICC Note: The United Nations sent a Special Rapporteur in August to check on human rights situation in Cambodia. She disclosed today at the press conference that the Cambodian government...
Officials go to Vietnam to ‘force’ Montagnard refugees’ relatives to appeal for their returnAugust 16, 2017 — ICC Note: The Montagnards in Vietnam are often persecuted by the government for their Christian faith. Hundreds have escaped to Cambodia with the hope of seeking asylum status. Yet only...
13 Montagnard Asylum-seekers Depart Phnom Penh for VietnamAugust 10, 2017 — ICC Note: Cambodia repatriated 13 Montagnard asylum-seekers to their native Vietnam after they failed to meet requirements for gaining refugee status in Cambodia. 13 Montagnard asylum seekers who got sent...
Cambodia Set to Send 13 Montagnard Asylum-seekers Back to VietnamAugust 9, 2017 — ICC Note: The Montagnards are the indigenous peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam. The majority of them practice Christianity. They are accused by the government of religious “evil ways”...
Christian asylum seekers sent back to the land they fledDecember 23, 2016 — ICC Note: Asylum seekers who were fleeing religious persecution in Vietnam are being repatriated to the place they fled by Cambodia. The 13 Montagnard asylum seekers were either rejected or...
The Cambodian Church is growing again after near extinctionNovember 9, 2016 — ICC Note: Forty years ago one quarter of the population of Cambodia was wiped out by the Khmer Rouge. One out of every three men were killed. There were 170,000...
Christian refugees may be forcibly returned to the persecution they fledOctober 24, 2016 — ICC Note: A group of 160 Christian refugees in Cambodia, known as the Montagnards, fear being forced to return to the area they fled. The minority group fled their homeland...
Activists Remain imprisoned in Cambodia as Government Maintains Iron GripJune 2, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Cambodia has a long history of human rights violations and the infamous Khmer Rouge regime which saw the deaths of millions of Cambodian citizens. The current Cambodian government...
Despite Popular Belief, Slavery is a Reality for Millions in AsiaMay 31, 2016 — ICC NOTE: For many slavery is considered an historical afterthought thanks to the outcome of the American Civil War. At least that is the case for many in the United...
182 Years Later, SE Asian Group Receives the Gospel in their Language from WycliffeMay 4, 2016 — ICC NOTE: The Bible translating organization Wycliffe who suffered a terror attack in the Middle East earlier this year has continued its mission to reach every language in every nation...
Secretary Kerry Speaks on the Connection of Religious Freedom and Foreign PolicyApril 29, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Secretary of State John Kerry spoke in Houston, Texas, on the role religion plays in foreign policy. It was the first speech that exclusively focused on the topic...
U.S. Recognizes Human Rights Abuses in Myanmar, Vietnam, and CambodiaApril 14, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Human rights abuses in Myanmar, Vietnam, and Cambodia seem to be a daily recurring problem for activists and religious minorities. The Rohingya and ethnic Christian minorities of Myanmar...
