Two Montegnard Degar Christians Killed in Prison
Wife Denied Body of Her Dead Husband by Vietnamese Authorities
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (ANS) -- A Christian man was denied food and water by Vietnamese authorities in Ha Nam prison and tortured to death.
According to a news release from the Montagnard Foundation, Siu Lul, 62, was denied food and water by Vietnamese authorities in Ha Nam prison and tortured to death. He was from the village of Ploi Kueng, Habong commune, Cu Se District, Gia Lai Province and had been incarcerated at the prison in Ha Nam since 2004. On April 24 2006 he died from the effects of torture and lack of water and food.
On the day that Siu Lul died, the Montagnard Foundation stated, his wife did not have money to transport her husband’s body back to her village, so she agreed that he could be buried in Ha Nam. But in May 2006, Siu Lul’s widow asked the Vietnamese authorities how she could retrieve her late husband’s body and return it to her village for a Christian funeral.
But, the authorities told her that she could not bring her husband’s body back to her village until the time for his prison sentence had passed. In this kind of attitude, the Vietnamese authorities really show their hatred toward Degar people.
Another Degar Prisoner Dies from Torture
In another case, a Christian man called Siu Dolel, from Ploi Oi village, Ia Ke commune, Ayun Pa district, Gialai province, was arrested, tortured and imprisoned in Ha Nam on Dec. 22, 2004.
According to our contacts, in May 2006, the prison authorities tortured him again by kicking, boxing and beating him with electric batons until his right and left rib cages were broken. On June 25 2006, Vietnamese officials came to his wife’s house and told her that her husband had died in prison and asked her if she wanted to see his body before burial. Unfortunately, his wife did not have money to go see him, and officials then confiscated his identification card from her and left.
Who are the Montagnard Degar People?
The indigenous Montagnard Degar People have suffered decades of persecution by the government of Vietnam. According to the Montagnard Foundation they have experienced confiscation of their ancestral lands, Christian religious repression, torture, killings and imprisonment. In July 2006 the U.S. State Department continued to keep Vietnam on the “watch list” of countries that are the worst violators of religious freedom.
According to the Montagnard Foundation, currently more than 350 Degar prisoners remain in Vietnamese prisons for charges that include standing up for human rights, spreading Christianity or for fleeing to Cambodia.
Montagnard Foundation Asks for Help from International Community
More here:
http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/s06070061.htm
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (ANS) -- A Christian man was denied food and water by Vietnamese authorities in Ha Nam prison and tortured to death.
According to a news release from the Montagnard Foundation, Siu Lul, 62, was denied food and water by Vietnamese authorities in Ha Nam prison and tortured to death. He was from the village of Ploi Kueng, Habong commune, Cu Se District, Gia Lai Province and had been incarcerated at the prison in Ha Nam since 2004. On April 24 2006 he died from the effects of torture and lack of water and food.
On the day that Siu Lul died, the Montagnard Foundation stated, his wife did not have money to transport her husband’s body back to her village, so she agreed that he could be buried in Ha Nam. But in May 2006, Siu Lul’s widow asked the Vietnamese authorities how she could retrieve her late husband’s body and return it to her village for a Christian funeral.
But, the authorities told her that she could not bring her husband’s body back to her village until the time for his prison sentence had passed. In this kind of attitude, the Vietnamese authorities really show their hatred toward Degar people.
Another Degar Prisoner Dies from Torture
In another case, a Christian man called Siu Dolel, from Ploi Oi village, Ia Ke commune, Ayun Pa district, Gialai province, was arrested, tortured and imprisoned in Ha Nam on Dec. 22, 2004.
According to our contacts, in May 2006, the prison authorities tortured him again by kicking, boxing and beating him with electric batons until his right and left rib cages were broken. On June 25 2006, Vietnamese officials came to his wife’s house and told her that her husband had died in prison and asked her if she wanted to see his body before burial. Unfortunately, his wife did not have money to go see him, and officials then confiscated his identification card from her and left.
Who are the Montagnard Degar People?
The indigenous Montagnard Degar People have suffered decades of persecution by the government of Vietnam. According to the Montagnard Foundation they have experienced confiscation of their ancestral lands, Christian religious repression, torture, killings and imprisonment. In July 2006 the U.S. State Department continued to keep Vietnam on the “watch list” of countries that are the worst violators of religious freedom.
According to the Montagnard Foundation, currently more than 350 Degar prisoners remain in Vietnamese prisons for charges that include standing up for human rights, spreading Christianity or for fleeing to Cambodia.
Montagnard Foundation Asks for Help from International Community
More here:
http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/s06070061.htm
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