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Information would also be appreciated about the cases of the clergy
and believers of the Roman Catholic Church referred to in the
above-mentioned communication of 10 August 1992:
Tran Ba Loc
Nguyen Khac Nghieu
Nguyen Thai Sanh
Stephen Chan Tin
Pius Vu Thanh Hai
Father Nguyen Van De
Sister Nguyen Thi Nhi
Sister Tran Thbi Tri.
Lastly, the Special Rapporteur hopes to obtain information about
the cases involving clergy of the Catholic and Protestant Churches
referred to in his communication dated 3 December 1993, addressed to the
Government of Viet Nam:
Catholic Church:
Brother Tran Van Hien
Sister Tran Thi Tri
Brother Nguyen Van De
Brother Dominique Ngo Quang Tuyen
Ly Van Dinh
Vang Seo Sang
Sung Khai Pha
Protestant Church:
Tai Ba Nguyen
Pastor R’Mah Loan
Pastor Pham Thu
Furthermore, the Special Rapporteur has been informed that all
religious activity is prohibited in the re-education camps.
In reply to the above allegation, the Government of Viet Nam
transmitted the following information to the Special Rapporteur on
22 November 1994:
’Your attention is drawn to part (1) of my letter of 29 December
last year addressed to you in which I gave a full account of the
situation concerning religious life in Viet Nam: the politics of the
State, their implementation and practical realities. The situation
concerning each religious denomination as well as the case of the
no-longer-existing "Unified Buddhist Church of Viet Nam" and the
four persons convicted in November 1993 for their acts of deliberately
causing public disturbance and destroying public properties were clearly
explained in that letter. We have received information confirming that
these four persons are in normal health conditions.
I wish once again to reaffirm that in Viet Nam no person is
arrested, tried or detained for his or her religious affiliation or
activities. If anyone has been so, it was for his or her violation of
the law.