PRESS RELEASE Archive

17 November 2004	MONTAGNARD REFUGEES IN CAMBODIA APPEAL TO UNHCR TO RETURN TO VIETNAM UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
10 November 2004	THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT SHOULD ASK THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT TO OPEN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS OF VIETNAM TO UN AGENICIES AND INTERNATIONAL NGOS WHICH MONITOR THE RESPECT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
02 November 2004	THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT HAS INTENSIFIED REPRESSION TOWARD DEGAR CHRISTIANS IN ORDER TO PREVENT UPCOMING CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS
22 October 2004	Urgent action is needed to prevent another massacre this Christmas
15 October 2004	The Brutal Torture of Puih Biep: a Christian Montagnard
12 October 2004	THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO ORGANIZE PHONEY VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS TO FALSELY CLAIM THAT THE MONTAGNARD PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN "TERRORIST ACTIVITIES"
30 Sept 2004	Survival of former U.S. allies depends on Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2004
16 Sept 2004	U.S. Department of State Designates Vietnam “Country of Particular Concern”
24 August 2004	CAMBODIAN AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO SELL MONTAGNARD REFUGEES TO VIETNAMESE POLICE FOR BOUNTIES
04 August 2004	The Vietnamese government uses force to stage propaganda film in order to hoodwink the International Community
24 July 2004	VIETNAM'S ATTACK DEFEATED AT ECOSOC
13 July 2004	UN TO BE URGED TO RESIST ATTACK ON NGO
18 June 2004	The cruelty of the Vietnamese Government after the peaceful demonstrations of Easter 2004
08 June 2004	VIETNAMESE POLICE TORTURE AND KILL MONTAGNARD PASTOR AND OTHER CHRISTIANS WHO REFUSE TO FOLLOW THE STATE RECOGNIZED RELIGION
06 June 2004	KOK KSOR PLEADS FOR INTERNATIONAL HELP AS VIETNAM GOVERNMENT THREATENS HIS MOTHER AND RELATIVES...
01June 2004	KOK KSOR REFUTES THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT’S TERRORIST ALLEGATIONS AND PROPAGANDA AIMED AT SUBVERTING HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE UNITED NATIONS
17 May 2004	REPORT ON THE VICTIMS OF THE 2004 EASTER MASSACRE OF CHRISTIAN MONTAGNARD DEGAR PEOPLE IN VIETNAM:CURRENT UPDATE
10 April 2004	VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT ATTACKS CHRISTIAN DEMONSTRATORS THIS EASTER. HUNDREDS REPORTED DEAD, THOUSANDS FLEEING TO CAMBODIA.
09 April 2004	MORE THAN 150,000 MONTAGNARDS WILL BEGIN A NONVIOLENT DEMONSTRATION OF PUBLIC PRAYER IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS OF VIETNAM
06 April 2004	THE STATEMENT OF MFI AT THE 60TH SESSION OF THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGTS, GENEVA MARCH 30, 2004. Delivered by Mr. Kok Ksor
18 March 2004	MONTAGNARD FOUNDATION RELEASES 2004 ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT: VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT CONTINUES PERSECUTION OF THE MONTAGNARD DEGAR PEOPLES
03 March 2004	VIETNAMESE SECURITY POLICE PERSECUTES MONTAGNARD CHRISTIANS, INCLUDING A 10 YEAR OLD GIRL, AS REPRESSION AGAINST THE MONTAGNARD PEOPLE CONTINUES IN FEBRUARY 2004
24 February 2004	KOK KSOR RESPONDS TO ERRONEOUS ALLEGATIONS ON VIETNAMESE EMBASSY WEBSITE: MFI REJECTS TERRORIST CLAIM AND ACCUSES VIETNAM OF BRUTALLY SUPRESSING HUMAN RIGHTS AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
12 January 2004	VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT SWEEPING OPERATION CAPTURES MONTAGNARD DEGAR CHRISTIANS: PUBLICLY TORTURED AND DRAGGED THROUGH VILLAGES THESE CHRISTIANS NEED URGENT HELP AS LOCALS FEAR THEY WILL BE EXECUTED
07 January 2004	A QUESTION PRESENTED TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION BY RADICAL PARTY MEPS.

PRESS RELEASE 2003


11 December 2003	WILL “QUIET DIPLOMACY” EVER WORK? MONTAGNARD FOUNDATION ASKS INTERNATIONAL DONORS TO USE SOME OF THE 2.84 BILLION GRANTED TO VIETNAM FOR PROTECTION OF MONTAGNARD CHRISTIANS AND FLEEING REFUGEES
21 November 2003	THE MONTAGNARD FOUNDATION WELCOMES THE STRONG CONDEMNATION OF VIOLATION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN VIETNAM BY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
07 October 2003	THE MONTAGNARD FOUNDATION REJECTS THE ALLEGATIONS OF WORKING FOR THE CREATION OF AN INDEPENDENT DEGAR STATE IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS OF VIETNAM
01 October 2003	SEVEN MONTAGNARD REFUGEES ARE SOLD TO VIETNAMESE POLICE FOR BOUNTIES: REMAINING GROUP PLEA FOR URGENT HELP
17 Sept 2003	VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT SOLDIERS CONFISCATE BIBLES, COMMITT RAPE, ARREST AND ELECTRIC SHOCK TORTURE OF MONTAGNARD CHRISTIANS IN AUGUST & SEPTEMBER 2003
26 August 2003	OVER 50 MONTAGNARD REFUGEES TRAPPED ON CAMBODIAN BORDER WHILE VIETNAMESE ARMY & CAMBODIAN POLICE HUNT THEM DOWN
14 August 2003	MFI WELCOMES THE ANNOUNCED VISIT OF US GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
12 August 2003	Statement by Mr. Kok Ksor to Sub Commission Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights 55th Session in Geneva, August 2003
23 July 2003	HANOI PAYS BOUNTIES OF ONE MILLION DONG PER MONTAGNARD REFUGEE - CAMBODIAN MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT CALLS FOR HALT TO CLOSURE OF MONTAGNARD REFUGEE CAMPS: JULY 2003
24 June 2003	OVER 1000 MONTAGNARD DEGAR WOMEN REPORT BEING STERILIZED AGAINST THEIR WILL BY VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES FROM 1995 TO 2002. REPRESSION ESCALATES IN 2003 AS SOLDIERS CONTINUE TO OCCUPY VILLAGES IN DEFIANCE OF THE UNITED NATIONS
23 May 2003	Electric Shock Torture, Rapes, Abductions, and Beatings of Montagnard Christians by Vietnamese Security forces
10 May 2003	Excerpt of Mr. Kok Ksor's Speech at the Ninth Commemoration of Vietnam Human Rights Day on Friday, May 9, 2003 at the Russell Caucus Room, Russell Senate Office Building
20 April 2003	New Documents Reveal Escalating Repression
10 April 2003	MR. KOK KSOR'S STATEMENT DELIVERED AT COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS FIFTY-NINTH SESSION
01 April 2003	MORE MONTAGNARD CHRISTIANS EXECUTED: VIETNAM SECRET PRISON CAMP IDENTIFIED
13 Mar 2003	VIETNAMESE SECURITY FORCES ARREST AND TORTURE MORE MONTAGNARD CHRISTIANS: Security Officers named Nguyen Truong Thuat and Pham Huu Nhat from Hanoi personally tortured Christian Montagnards.
23 Feb 2003	Vietnamese Government executes a Montagnard Christian who was on the HumanRights Watch List and place Kok Ksor’s Mother under house arrest after torture.
27 Jan 2003	PRISONERS AND VICTIMS: JANUARY 2003 CHRISTIAN MONTAGNARDS (DEGAR PEOPLE) IMPRISONED IN VIETNAM
21 Jan 2003	VIETNAM CONTINUES TO ACCUSE THE TRP OF COLLABORATING WITH A TERRORIST GROUP. FRANCE AND GERMANY STAND UP FOR THE TRP
14 Jan 2003	The Vietnamese Government accused Mr. Kok Ksor, member of the delegation of the Transnational Radical Party, of being a terrorist affiliated with the CIA.
04 Jan 2003	CHRISTMAS CRACKDOWN IN VIETNAM - 2002: POLICE ARREST MONTAGNARD CHRISTIANS

PRESS RELEASE 2002


23 Dec 2002	MEMBERS OF THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT QUESTION THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT...
18 Dec 2002	RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION AGAINST CHRISTIAN MONTAGNARDS -- REPORT FROM CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
17 Dec 2002	CANCELLATION OF CHRISTMAS IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS OF VIETNAM - DUE TO RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION
04 Dec 2002	PRESS RELEASE & STATEMENT BY KOK KSOR: RE: BRUTAL AND COWARDLY EXECUTION OF CHRISTIAN MONTAGNARDS
13 Nov 2002	VIETNAMESE SECURITY FORCES EXECUTE MONTAGNARD CHRISTIANS BY LETHAL INJECTION
27 Set 2002	CAMBODIA: HUNDREDS OF MONTAGNARDS FORCED TO TAKE REFUGE IN THE JUNGLE. UNHCR “UNABLE TO CARRY OUT ITS DUTIES”.
25 Sept 2002	Cambodia: Protect Montagnard Refugees Fleeing Vietnam
21 Sept 2002	SPEECH BY PRESIDENT OF THE MONTAGNARD FOUNDATION INC AT THE GANDHI MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON
19 Sept 2002	21 SEPTEMBER 2002: TO STOP THE VIETNAM WAR AGAINST FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY
17 Sept 2002	President of Montagnard Foundation's speech at the Conference in the European parliament on September 16 & 17 On The war of Vietnam, Laos and Burma against Democracy and Freedom
09 Sept 2002	THE CURRENT SITUATION OF DEGAR PEOPLE IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS OF VIETNAM Vietnam has arrested scores of Degar villagers in the Daklak provine Central Highlands.
02 Sept 2002	BEHIND VIETNAM’S WALL OF PROPAGANDA THE GENOCIDAL PERSECUTION OF MONTAGNARDS CONTINUES
29 Aug 2002	Open Letter to Mr Hartmut Nassauer, President of the European Parliament Delegation with South-East Asia and ASEAN Countries
29 Aug 2002	President of the Montagnard Foundation, Inc. appeals to the Members of a delegation of the European Parliament that will visit Vietnam in September to inquire about the living conditions of the Montagnards living that country’s Central Highlands and on Hanoi’ systematic violations of civil and political rights.
14 Aug 2002	Vietnam’s Misrepresentation to the United Nations & Slanderous Contempt for the Human Rights Activities of the Transnational Radical Party.
01 Aug 2002	UN Human Rights Committee presses Vietnam to lift restrictions on fundamental freedoms and allow free access to independent human rights monitors in Vietnam
22 July 2002	KOK KSOR, PRESIDENT OF THE MONTAGNARD FOUNDATION, INC. WITH A DELEGATION OF THE TRANSNATIONAL RADICAL PARTY AND OF “HANDS OFF CAIN”, MEETS MS. MARGHERITA BONIVER ITALY’S UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
09 July 2002	THE TRANSNATIONAL RADICAL PARTY CALLS ON THE UN COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO URGE THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT TO RESPECT CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS AND TO ALLOW MONITORING OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
12 June 2002	Details of Transnational Radical Party interview with Kok Ksor, President of Montagnard Foundation.
17 May 2002	The Transnational Radical Party to prepare a "Special Report" on its activities and its collaboration with the Montagnard Foundation.
02 May 2002	UN: Vietnam attacks The Transnational Radical Party for its work with The Montagnard People
16 Mar 2002	Vietnamese army kidnaps Montagnard refugees from UNHCR camps and threatens to overrun the camps unless the UN turn over the Montagnard refugees to them.
08 Mar 2002	Vietnam and Cambodia openly defy The United Nations and forcibly return Montagnards
18 Feb 2002	Montagnard Foundation Inc. orders Degar people not to participate in Vietnam's sterilization and genocide programs.
03 Jan 2002	Montagnard Christians were forced to drink animal's blood and renounced Christ.

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