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Vietnam: New Documents Reveal Escalating Repression A Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper April 2003 Footnotes 1 The indigenous Montagnards include several different ethnic groups, including Mnong, Ede, Jarai, Koho, and Bahnar. 2 For a listing of the Montagnard political prisoners, see: "New Assault on Rights in Vietnam's Central Highlands: Crackdown on Indigenous Montagnards Intensifies," Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper, January 2003. 3 "The Plan: Swearing brotherhood between all government organizations and units with all hamlets and villages in the district," Communist Party of Vietnam, Party Office of Dak Lak, Dak Song District, No 14 - KH/HU, February 12, 2003. For English translation of the documents, see Appendix 8. Vietnamese language document on file at Human Rights Watch. 4 Human Rights Watch interview with source in Vietnam, April 2003. 5 "Urgent Declaration" from a Christian church leader in the Central Highlands, dated February 22, 2003, describing recent incidents in Kontum and Gia Lai. Translation of Vietnamese language document on file at Human Rights Watch. 6 For English-language translation of the Mnong document, written in late February 2003, see Appendix 6. Original handwritten Mnong document on file at Human Rights Watch. 7 See Appendix 4. Letters and photographs from Montagnards in Ayunpa district, Gia Lai who have been forced to sign such petitions, dated February 2003, on file at Human Rights Watch. 8 Human Rights Watch interviews with sources in Vietnam and Greensboro, North Carolina, April 2003. 9 Human Rights Watch interviews with sources in Gia Lai, Vietnam and Mondolkiri, Cambodia, March and April 2003. 10 For details on Montagnard political prisoners see "New Assault on Rights in Vietnam's Central Highlands: Crackdown on Indigenous Montagnards Intensifies," Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper, January 2003. Torture of Montagnards forcibly returned from Cambodia to Vietnam is extensively documented in Human Rights Watch, Repression of Montagnards: Conflicts over Land and Religion in Vietnam's Central Highlands, (New York: April 2002.) 11 Mnong language document on file at Human Rights Watch. 12 Name and specific location of church and church leaders withheld to protect security of petitioners. 13 Mnong language document on file at Human Rights Watch. 14 Name and specific location of church withheld to protect security of petitioners. 15 Mnong language document on file at Human Rights Watch. 16 Name withheld to protect security of petitioner. 17 Name of village withheld to protect security of petitioner. The village is located in Dak Rlap district, Dak Lak. 18 Vietnamese-language document on file at Human Rights Watch. 19 Mnong language document, obtained by Human Rights Watch in early March 2003, on file at Human Rights Watch. 20 Document refers to the same village as in Appendix 3. Name of village and church leaders withheld to protect security of petitioners. 21 Mnong language document, obtained by Human Rights Watch in early March 2003, on file at Human Rights Watch. 22 Mnong language document, obtained by Human Rights Watch in early March 2003, on file at Human Rights Watch. 23 Name and specific location of church and church leaders withheld to protect security of petitioners. 24 Vietnamese-language document on file at Human Rights Watch. 25 Vietnamese-language document on file at Human Rights Watch. |