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PRESIDENT BUSH URGED TO SEEK RELEASE OF
350 MONTAGNARD DEGAR PRISONERS DURING THE APEC SUMMIT
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BACKGROUND: The
indigenous Montagnard Degar Peoples have
suffered decades of persecution by the Vietnamese
communist government, namely; confiscation
of their ancestral lands, Christian religious
repression, torture, killings and imprisonment.
This week from 17 November 2006 President
George Bush is scheduled to attend the Asian
Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit
in Hanoi, Vietnam. To date over 350 Degar
prisoners remain in Vietnamese prisons for
merely standing up for their human rights,
for spreading Christianity or for fleeing
to Cambodia. Below are just two of the Montagnard
Degar Prisoners held in Hanoi’s brutal
prisons should be released immediately.
JESUS
LOOKING OVER PRISONER’S SHOULDER: – 
WILL
HE BE FORSAKEN?
Bom
Jona,
age 50, from Plei Kueng Grai village, Dakdoa
district, Gia Lai Province. Arrested February
6, 2001 and sentenced to 12 years imprisonment.
Currently, at the notorious Ha Nam prison.
His “crime” was publicly protesting
government repression of his people.
Ksor
Kroih age
43, from Plei Sor village, Pleiku City, Gia
Lai Province. Arrested February 6, 2001 and
sentenced to 11 years imprisonment. Currently,
at the notorious Ha Nam prison. His “crime” was
publicly protesting government repression
of his people.
350
MORE AND THE LIST GROWING: THE MONTAGNARD FOUNDATION
CALLS ON PRESIDENT BUSH TO REQUEST THE RELEASE
OF THESE AND ALL MONTAGNARD DEGAR PRISONERS
UNJUSTLY HELD.
FOR
MORE DETAILS ON MONTAGNARD DEGAR PRISONERS
SEE:
Human
Rights Watch Report http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2006/06/14/vietna13542.htm
MFI
Report: http://www.montagnard-foundation.org/SPR_06-0327/index.htm
