Democratic Voice of Vietnam

There are 57 Protestant denominations in Vietnam. About 85% of them have registered with the government and have been subject to government control through the Central Committee of Religious Affairs. They are often referred to as the Protestant denominations of the government. The members of their clergy are government-educated and they operate within government-regulated limits. The remaining 15% is called the “pure” par value. They operate independently and are not recognized by the government. They are frequently attacked and persecuted by police. The government’s campaign to suppress the “pure” denomination began in 2001, resulting in about 300 churches being closed down in the Central Highlands, dissolved churches and many priests condemned. 7 to 20 years in prison. Under the attack of the government are the churches of the VPEF Association, the Lutheran Vietnamese and American Protestant Association, the Vietnamese Evangelical Church (Montagnard) and some other churches in the Central Highlands, Northwestern Region and Southwestern Region. The Hanoi government regards these areas as strategic values for national security and therefore has a policy of suppressing ethnic minorities, deporting them from their ancestral lands.

CERD Submission: Vietnam targets indigenuous Montagnard and Hmong populations (August 2023); Appendix
CERD Submission: Government-Co-opted Churches as Instruments of Repression (August 2023); Appendix
MSFJ leaders are at risk in Thailand redacted (07-10-2023)
Religious persecution of Montagnard Christians (03-26-2022)
Đàn áp tôn giáo đối với người Tây Nguyên theo đạo Tin Lành (26-03-2022)
List of Montagnard Prisoners of Conscience compiled by CAT-VN (02-28-2022)
Jubilee Campaign Submission to UN General Assembly on SDG 16
Submission to the UNSR/FORB (06-01-2020)
ADF International Memo (Aug 2019)
Jubilee Campaign Statement to the 43rd Human Rights Council Session (Feb 2019)
Jubilee Campaign Statement to the 42nd Human Rights Council Session (Sep 2019)
Jubilee Campaign Statement to the 40th Human Rights Council Session (Mar 2019)
Report on Statelessness among H’Mong & Montagnard Christians (03-06-19)
– Appendices 1-8
Compendium of violations of religious freedom of Montagnard Christians:
– Report dated 01-30-2021
– Report dated 01-19-2019
Vietnamese Evangelical Churches – Summary (02-21-18)
Church of Christ – Kontum Incident Report (08-19-15)
Church of Christ – Dak Lak Incident Report (04-08-2014)
Montagnard Christians — Thang-Rees declaration Jan 2011
Montagnards — Appendix II to Thang-Rees Declaration
Report to SR from Jarai asylum seekers in Thailand
Partial list of Montagnards in prison since 2001 – BPSOS (02-11-12)