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On the Margins
Rights Abuses of Ethnic Khmer in Vietnam's Mekong Delta
Map of Mekong Delta Region
Provinces, Vietnam
I. Summary
The crackdown in Vietnam
Cambodia's repression of Khmer Krom
activists
Key recommendations
Methodology
II. Background
Nationalist movements
Engaged Buddhism
After reunification
Landlessness
Poverty
Discrimination
High illiteracy and school drop-out
rates
III. Crackdown on Protests in the
Mekong Delta
Pressure on Buddhist activists in
Tra Vinh
The 2007 Buddhist protest in Soc
Trang
IV. Other Rights Problems Faced by
Ethnic Khmer in Vietnam
Suppression of land rights protests
Restrictions on religious freedom
Restrictions on freedom of movement
Restrictions on freedom of
expression
Statelessness
V. Cambodia Cracks Down on Khmer
Krom Activists
Attacks on freedom of assembly
Discrimination against Khmer Krom
Monks in Cambodia
Restrictions on travel, association,
and expression
The defrocking and arrest of Tim
Sakhorn
Cross-border collaboration in
suppression of Khmer Krom
Citizens, migrants, or refugees?
VI. Recommendations
To the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
To the Cambodian government
To UNHCR
To Japan, the European Union, United
States, and other key donor states to Vietnam and Cambodia
Acknowledgments
Appendix A: Indictment of the Five
Monks
Appendix B: Handwritten Appeals from
Khmer Krom in Vietnam
Appendix C: Vietnamese State Press
Coverage, Tim Sakhorn
Appendix D: Letter from Cambodian
Prime Minister Hun Sen to Norodom Sihanouk Regarding Tim Sakhorn100
Appendix E: Human Rights Watch
Letter to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam102
Appendix F: Vietnamese Embassy's
Response to Human Rights Watch106
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