According to the authorities in Vinh Long, southern Vietnam, the 33-year-old monk was “uncooperative”. He had opposed the cutting of a centuries-old tree inside a pagoda and had not registered with ...

The Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation (KKF) and the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) express concern ...

(Reuters) -Human rights activists accused Communist-run Vietnam of infringing on freedom of religion after a court handed jail sentences this week to five ethnically Khmer Buddhist monks and four ...

Two Khmer Krom activists have been jailed for up to four years by a Vietnamese court for “abusing democratic freedom” which followed their arrest last year when they were caught distributing books ...

Police in southern ietnam arrested three Khmer Krom Buddhists including a monk amid a crackdown on the activists from the ethnic group, media reports say. Abbot Thach Chanh Ra Da, 34, of Dai Tho ...

DESPITE promises earlier in the year that the widespread rights abuse of Khmer Krom minorities in Vietnam would be put on the UN's agenda, a periodic review of the country has excluded any mention of ...

Vietnam on Thursday denied false accusations of the Khmer Kampuchea Krom organization, saying that the Khmer population in Vietnam is treated as equals and given opportunities for development in all ...

(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a 21 December 2007 Human Rights Watch press release: Cambodia: Ensure Safety of Buddhist Monks Prosecute Police Involved in ‘Burma-Style’ Crackdown (New York, December 21 ...

A LEADING Khmer Krom advocacy group has appealed to King Norodom Sihamoni to raise issues related to the treatment of Vietnam’s ethnic Khmer community when the Vietnamese president visits Cambodia ...

Approximately 800 ethnic minority Khmer Krom monks and activists on Monday marched through streets in Phnom Penh to demand a Vietnamese diplomat's recognition of the "true history" of the former ...

We, the undersigned group of civil society organizations from around the world, are writing to express our strong support for the special consultative status with the United Nations granted to the ...