Vietnamese Authorities Cross into Cambodia to Intimidate Montagnard ChristiansJune 9, 2016 — ICC NOTE: In what can only be thought of as a violation of national sovereignty, Vietnamese authorities crossed the border into Cambodia to intimidate Montagnard asylum seekers into returning to...
Torture of Vietnamese Christian Garners Condemnation from United NationsJune 7, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Pastor Nguyen Cong Chinh has been in prison in Vietnam since 2011 for essentially being Christian in a land who has a history of persecuting religious minorities. His...
Truck Barrels through Small Christian Group in Vietnam, Killing Pastor and Woman InstantlyMay 27, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Vietnam has been very prevalent in the news as of late due to President Obama's visit and the subsequent lifting of the decades long weapons embargo. What hasn't...
Despite Lift of Weapons Ban, Hundreds of Activists Remain in Vietnamese PrisonsMay 25, 2016 — ICC NOTE: As the political fallout of the Obama Administrations decision to lift the decades long weapons embargo on Vietnam, the fallout of a less than stellar critique on the...
Obama Administration Lifts Vietnam Weapons Embargo Leaving Human Rights Issue in QuestionMay 23, 2016 — ICC NOTE: In a move that was seen by many media and foreign policy experts, the Obama administration has lifted the weapons embargo on the communist nation of Vietnam. The...
Release of Vietnamese Priest Likely Due to Obama Visit Over the WeekendMay 23, 2016 — ICC NOTE: In what was likely a move to divert U.S. attention on Vietnam's human rights blunders, the Vietnamese government released 70 year old Catholic priest Nguyen Van Ly as a...
Vietnamese NGOs Implore White House to Discuss Human Rights during Upcoming TripMay 19, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Vietnamese Human Rights organizations attended a meeting with White House National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes on the President's upcoming visit to the Communist nation. The main focus was...
Vietnamese Priest Beaten by Masked Assailants after Voicing Distaste for Police CorruptionMay 16, 2016 — ICC NOTE: A group of masked men were reported to have attacked a Vietnamese priest after he had been vocal against corruption within local authorities according to Asia News. Christians...
Vietnamese Pastor’s Wife Describes Ordeal with Police Following Meeting with US OfficialsMay 13, 2016 — ICC NOTE: In a story previously reported on April 28th , CSW-UK reported that on march 31st the wife of an imprisoned Mennonite pastor was subjected to intense interrogation due to...
State Department Mulls Lifting Weapons Ban on Vietnam Despite Religious Freedom RecordMay 10, 2016 — ICC NOTE: As China continues its push into the South China Sea, flexing its muscles to the world, other southeast Asian are preparing both diplomatically and militarily. One such nation...
USCIRF Reports Religious Freedom has “Spiraled Further Downward” Across the GlobeMay 5, 2016 — ICC NOTE: The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released it's annual report on the state of religious freedom in the world. Each year they provide insight into what...
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...
Control will be the Main Purpose of Vietnam’s new Law on ReligionMay 2, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Vietnam has been working toward including a new law into their books related to the various religions in the country. NGO's have raised concern over the potential passage of the...
Calls for Investigation into Torture Allegations by Vietnamese Police towards Pastor’s WifeApril 28, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Mrs. Hong had previously been interrogated and beaten by Vietnamese police for her meeting with Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom David Saperstein. CSW-UK, a Christian human rights organization,...
U.S. Calls for Release of Prisoners of Conscience in Vietnam Prior to Obama VisitApril 26, 2016 — ICC NOTE: U.S. officials have appealed to the Vietnamese government to release all of its political prisoners as well as its many Christian prisoners such as Nguyen Van Dai, the...
Wife of Mennonite Pastor Badly Beaten for Information by Vietnamese PoliceApril 19, 2016 — ICC NOTE: It is no surprise Vietnamese police continue to target Christian pastors and their families as the wife of a Mennonite pastor is badly beaten. According to Asia News,...
