E/CN.4/1993/62
page 114
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John E Mai Huu Nghi
Bernard Nguyen Thien Phung
Michael Nguyen Minh Quan
Quoc (Ban)
Hilary Do Tri Tam (Thuyen)
Thadeus Dinh Tri Thuc (Hieu)
Stephen Chan Tin
Dominic Tran Dinh Thu
John Doan Phu Xuan
Pius Vu Thanh Hai (Dat)
Nguyen Ngoc Lan (former priest).
Father Nguyen Van De and Sister Nguyen Thi Nhi were reportedly arrested
in August 1990 together with nine other Catholic leaders and charged with
’spreading propaganda aimed at falsely portraying Viet Nam’s religious
policy’. They were reportedly sentenced to between 2 and 10 years in prison.
Sister Tran Thbi Tri is also allegedly detained because of her religious
beliefs.
Cases involving Buddhist monks:
The following Buddhist monks have allegedly been imprisoned, inter alia,
on charges of engaging in ’activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s
Government’. Most of them are believed to be detained in re-education camps
in the Phu Khanh, Dong Nai and Thuan Hai provinces:
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Thich
Thich
Thich
Thich
Thich
Thich
Thich
Thich
Quang Do
Nguyen Giac
Duc Nhuan
Huyen Quang
Tri Sieu
Tue Sy
Thien Tan
Phuc Vien.
Cases involving members of the Cao Dai and Hoa Hao sects:
According to the information received, 3,500 members of the Cao Dai
indigenous Vietnamese religious sect were arrested in Tay Ninh province in
June 1990 and charged with ’harbouring reactionary and counter-revolutionary
troops’. An additional 1,000 Cao Dai believers were reportedly arrested in
the same province two months later. It has also been alleged that members of
the Hoa Hao indigenous sect have also been persecuted."
The former Yugoslavia
69.
The Special Rapporteur has been attentive to the very serious situation
reflecting grave acts of violence perpetrated against several religious
communities in the territory of the former Yugoslavia, in particular in Bosnia
and Herzegovina. In this connection, the Special Rapporteur wishes to draw
attention to the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on