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17 Montagnards Get Stiff Prison Terms
HANOI, Vietnam, NOV. 24, 2004 - A court in Vietnam's restive Central
Highlands sentenced 17 Montagnard tribesmen to up to 10 years in prison for
undermining national security and unity during an Easter weekend protest.
The Montagnards, most of whom are Christians, are subjected to persecution by
the government. This year, on the eve of the Easter celebrations, a peaceful
manifestation in Buon Ma Thuot, capital of the province of Dac Lak, was
violently suppressed.
Area tribes were protesting against the government's restrictions of their
Christian faith and the confiscation of their ancestral lands. They also called
for development of their region, among the poorest in Vietnam.
Official sources announced that last week, in three separate trials in Dac Nong
province, the provincial People's Court handed down prison terms of three to 10
years to 17 Montagnards.
AsiaNews reported that the accused were convicted of forcing ethnic minority
people to flee to neighboring Cambodia, luring people to join protests causing
public disorder, and confronting the government and the Communist Party police.
The agency said that international human rights groups claimed 10 protesters
were killed in clashes with police, while Hanoi said that only two died after
being pelted with rocks thrown by other protesters.
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