Celebrations of Jubilee for Vietnamese Martyrs BeginJune 23, 2018 — ICC Note: A series of celebrations of the special Jubilee for the 30th anniversary of the canonization of 117 Vietnamese martyrs began June 20 in the provinces of Hanoi, Hue, and...
ICC Provides Education Among Hmong CommunityJune 20, 2018 — 06/20/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The Hmong community is a marginalized ethnic group in Vietnam. Many Hmong are Christians who experience blatant persecution at the hands of their...
Vietnam Releases, Expels Christian Human Rights Lawyer to GermanyJune 8, 2018 — Nguyen Van Dai and Colleague Le Thu Ha Regain Freedom 06/08/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that late on June 7, Christian human rights...
Vietnamese Pastor, Activists Lose Their Appeals Against Convictions to Overthrow GovernmentJune 5, 2018 — ICC Note: Pastor Nguyen Trung Ton and three other members of a democracy group in Vietnam have lost their appeals against convictions for attempting to overthrow the government. They were sentenced...
Vietnamese Catholics Attacked by State-sponsored Thugs Demand JusticeMay 20, 2018 — ICC Note: Vietnamese Catholic priest and members of his parish in Vietnam’s Nghe An province demand justice for a land dispute incident that took place last December, where many of...
Vietnam Bars Priest and Catholic Activist from Leaving the CountryMay 17, 2018 — ICC Note: On May 16, Vietnam bars a Catholic female rights’ activist from leaving the country for the fourth time in the past three years. Two days earlier, they also stopped...
Vietnamese Nuns Demand Justice from Government on Land DisputeMay 11, 2018 — ICC Note: Nuns from St. Paul de Chartres in Hanoi were beaten up by gangsters hired by a woman who has land dispute with them on May 8, while they were...
Nun in Hanoi Beaten Unconscious by Vietnamese GangstersMay 9, 2018 — ICC Note: Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres in Hanoi were attacked by Vietnamese gangsters during a protest on May 8. One nun was beaten with batons to unconsciousness. The nuns...
Jailed Vietnamese Pastor Shares the Horrors Faced by Christians in PrisonApril 20, 2018 — ICC Note: At a summit yesterday commemorating the 20th anniversary of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Vietnamese pastor Nguyen Cong Chinh who was jailed for preaching and human rights...
Vietnam Sentences Catholic Activist to 9 years in PrisonApril 13, 2018 — ICC Note: Vietnam sentenced Teresa Tran Thi Xuan, a Catholic activist who speaks out on social injustice to nine years in prison and five years under house arrest, for “attempting to...
Montagnard Christian Refugees in Cambodia Concerned About Possible DeportationApril 7, 2018 — ICC Note: Montagnard Christians fleeing religious persecution in Vietnam are afraid of imminent deportation, as they see heightened police presence outside their homes in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The Cambodian government has...
Vietnamese Christian Lawyer and Pastor Sentenced for ‘Subversion’April 6, 2018 — ICC Note: Vietnam sentenced six Vietnamese activists to harsh jail sentences on April 5, accusing them of overthrowing the communist state. Among them, pastor Nguyen Trung Ton and Christian lawyer...
Rights Group Reports Intensified Crackdowns on Activists and Religious Followers in VietnamApril 5, 2018 — ICC Note: In its latest report, Amnesty International condemns Vietnam for targeting religious followers and activists over basic human rights. Among the 97 known prisoners of conscience, 57 are religious followers,...
Rights Group Calls Attention to Vietnam’s Violent ‘Red Flags’ GroupsMarch 29, 2018 — ICC Note: U.S.-based rights group Boat People SOS (BPSOS) is calling attention to Vietnam’s government-sponsored ‘Red Flag’ groups, for they continue to harass religious communities and dissidents in Vietnam. Many...
Attack on Hmong Christians Shows Lack of Religious FreedomMarch 22, 2018 — ICC Note: Recent attack on ethnic minority Hmong Christians in Vietnam’s northwestern highlands shows a deterioration in religious freedom. 24 recent converts were attacked by a mob, leaving four hospitalized. These...
Mob Attacks Hmong Christians in Vietnam Who Refuse to Renounce Their FaithMarch 19, 2018 — ICC Note: On March 1, a mob attacked four Hmong families that recently converted to Christianity after they refused to renounce their faith. 24 people were targeted, and four were...
