Khmer Krom: Activist arrested for distributing UN declaration on indigenous people
The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) is calling on the international community to condemn the authorities responsible for the arrest and detention of a Khmer Krom human rights defender whose home was raided, and who was arrested and detained, for the possession and dissemination of information related to the United Nations Declaration on the RIghts of Indigenous Peoples. The government of Vietnam refuses to recognize the existance of indigenous communities, such as the Khmer Krom. While the actions were carried out by authorities in southern Vietnam’s Dong Nai province, they represent the latest in a series of actions by the government of Vietnam to repress those seeking the protection of human rights of the Khmer Krom people.