Montagnard - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 11 Jul 2024 03:12:19 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Montagnard - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 11 Christians jailed in Vietnam are missing https://cathnews.co.nz/2024/07/11/11-christians-jailed-in-vietnam-are-missing-us-ngo-says/ Thu, 11 Jul 2024 05:53:07 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=173043 Five Catholics and six Protestants who were jailed in Vietnam for a range of offences related to "religious activities" dating back to 2011 have gone missing, highlighting a larger problem within the communist country's judicial system, the International Christian Concern (ICC) has said. It said nine of the Christians had been jailed for "undermining national Read more

11 Christians jailed in Vietnam are missing... Read more]]> Five Catholics and six Protestants who were jailed in Vietnam for a range of offences related to "religious activities" dating back to 2011 have gone missing, highlighting a larger problem within the communist country's judicial system, the International Christian Concern (ICC) has said.

It said nine of the Christians had been jailed for "undermining national unity policy" due to their involvement in Degar Protestantism and the Ha Mon Catholic Church, noting that the Vietnamese government did not approve both sects.

"Eleven Vietnamese Montagnard Christians who were imprisoned for religious activity and religious identity in the Southeast Asian nation are missing, prompting concerns over the treatment of jailed Christ followers in Vietnam," the US-based NGO said in a statement.

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