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HANOI (AFP) — Human Rights Watch called on communist Vietnam Thursday to lift any restrictions on the liberty of an activist Buddhist monk who disappeared on the day he was released from prison last week.
Tim Sakhorn, an activist for the Khmer Krom ethnic Cambodian minority of southern Vietnam, was freed Saturday, but his whereabouts were unknown since he was last seen together with government officials, the rights group said.
Khmer Kampuchea-Krom Federation Youth Committee (KKFYC) had published the 5th Edition of Khmer Krom Youth Quarterly Magazine. Please follow the below link to get a copy. http://kkfyc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=37
Human Rights Defender Released from Prison, but Whereabouts Unknown
By Human Rights Watch
(New York, July 3, 2008) – The Vietnamese authorities should immediately lift any restrictions on the liberty of Buddhist monk Tim Sakhorn, who was released from prison in Vietnam on June 28, 2008, Human Rights Watch said today. Sakhorn’s whereabouts are unknown. He was last seen in the company of government officials.
VIETNAM CAUCUS MEMBERS (L TO R) REPS. LORETTA SANCHEZ, DAN LUNGREN, CHRIS SMITH, FRANK WOLF, AND ED ROYCE AT JUNE 19 PRESS CONFERENCE AT CAPITOL
By: Jackie Bong-Wright
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Lawmakers Criticize Rights Violations
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By CARLYLE A. THAYER
FROM TODAY'S WALL STREET JOURNAL ASIA
June 19, 2008
Vietnam has earned a reputation as a progressive, reform-minded nation that is fast shedding its Communist roots. Foreign investment is pouring in, and Vietnam's economic growth outstrips that of its neighbors. Much of this progress can be attributed to its dynamic prime minister, Nguyen Tan Dung, who has made reform and anticorruption efforts a priority since taking office in 2007. But despite Mr. Dung's progressive image, he is fighting an uphill battle -- and often losing.
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Khmer Krom people in Cambodia are facing new threats of arrest as Vietnam attempts to continue their terrifying crack down on human right activists across the border.
According to a report by Radio Free Asia in the Vietnamese program on Monday 16th June 2008, Vietnamese authorities in Vietnam are threatening to arrest one Khmer Krom man and one Khmer Krom Buddhist monk currently residing in Cambodia.
Mr. Chau Ni and Venerable Thach Binh have been accused of inciting the recent land protests by Khmer Krom farmers in Swai Ton (renamed Tri Ton) and Kro Bao (renamed Tinh Bien) districts.
The Khmer Krom and Khmer community in France have gathered to commemorate the 59th Anniversary of the Loss of Kampuchea Krom at the Podhivansa Pagoda in the France.
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