No Sanctuary

Ongoing Threats to Indigenous Montagnards

I. Summary

Reforms

Rights Abuses Persist

Inadequate Monitoring

Key Recommendations

II. Violations of the Right to Religious Freedom...

New Legal Framework

Restrictions on Religious Gatherings

Forced Recantations Continue

Pressure on Religious Leaders

Travel Restrictions

III. Arrests and Imprisonment of Central Highlanders

IV. Mistreatment of Returnees from Cambodia

The 2005 Memorandum of Understanding

Detention and Interrogation of Returnees

Mistreatment of Highlanders in Vietnam with Families in the U.S.

V. Flawed International Monitoring and Protection in the Central Highlands

UNHCR Monitoring Missions

Returnees' Experiences and UNHCR Responses

Ongoing Rationalizations

VI. Recommendations

To the Socialist Republic of Vietnam:

To the UN High Commissioner for Refugees:

To the international community, including intergovernmental organizations:

To the Royal Government of Cambodia:

To the United States Government:

Appendix: Listing of Central Highland Prisoners, May 2006