No Sanctuary
Ongoing Threats to Indigenous Montagnards
in Vietnam’s Central Highlands

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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
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June 2006   Volume 18, No. 4(C)