Below is a report by the Montagnard Foundation, an organisation which purpose is to preserve the lives and the culture of the indigenous, Montagnards (Degar) people of Vietnams Central Highlands:
In May 2006 the Vietnam Army bought mobile telephone monitoring equipment worth half a million US dollars. The spy systems are called P-GSM systems and produced by the English company Silver Bullet. The sale was brokered by two Israeli companies Elta Electronics Industries (a subsidiary of Israel Aircraft Industries) and Aikap. It is noted that in 2002 the Vietnamese Ministry of Police bought a similar mobile phone surveillance system manufactured by a US-based company called Verint Systems.
These monitoring systems are being used by the Vietnamese military and police to spy on conversations of Vietnamese citizens who speak to each other inside Vietnam and outside of the country. The Vietnamese military then arrests, tortures and sometimes even kills those arrested for merely speaking to people outside of the country. Christians, Buddhists and other dissidents who speak out about human rights abuses find themselves arrested, tortured and imprisoned. Currently over 350 Degar Christians are in Vietnamese prisons for being involved in the Christian House Church movement, for speaking out against human rights abuses or fleeing to Cambodia - and it is well known that Vietnam persecutes anyone who criticises the government or who the government disapproves of and the authorities severely restricts human rights monitors from having access to the Central Highlands. The US State Department also continues to have Vietnam listed on the Country of Particular Concern (CPC) Watch list, (nations that are the most egregious violators of religious freedom) and that house Church Christians have been tortured for their faith.
The Montagnard Foundation hereby appeals to Christians worldwide, Human Rights advocates and Governments around the world who value freedom to ensure their countries and these abovementioned companies do not sell products in Vietnam used to repress human rights, that may even result in the deaths of innocent people. The Vietnamese government is one of the most repressive in Asia and has for decades officially persecuted Montagnard Degar Christians.
Source: Montagnard Foundation
In May 2006 the Vietnam Army bought mobile telephone monitoring equipment worth half a million US dollars. The spy systems are called P-GSM systems and produced by the English company Silver Bullet. The sale was brokered by two Israeli companies Elta Electronics Industries (a subsidiary of Israel Aircraft Industries) and Aikap. It is noted that in 2002 the Vietnamese Ministry of Police bought a similar mobile phone surveillance system manufactured by a US-based company called Verint Systems.
These monitoring systems are being used by the Vietnamese military and police to spy on conversations of Vietnamese citizens who speak to each other inside Vietnam and outside of the country. The Vietnamese military then arrests, tortures and sometimes even kills those arrested for merely speaking to people outside of the country. Christians, Buddhists and other dissidents who speak out about human rights abuses find themselves arrested, tortured and imprisoned. Currently over 350 Degar Christians are in Vietnamese prisons for being involved in the Christian House Church movement, for speaking out against human rights abuses or fleeing to Cambodia - and it is well known that Vietnam persecutes anyone who criticises the government or who the government disapproves of and the authorities severely restricts human rights monitors from having access to the Central Highlands. The US State Department also continues to have Vietnam listed on the Country of Particular Concern (CPC) Watch list, (nations that are the most egregious violators of religious freedom) and that house Church Christians have been tortured for their faith.
The Montagnard Foundation hereby appeals to Christians worldwide, Human Rights advocates and Governments around the world who value freedom to ensure their countries and these abovementioned companies do not sell products in Vietnam used to repress human rights, that may even result in the deaths of innocent people. The Vietnamese government is one of the most repressive in Asia and has for decades officially persecuted Montagnard Degar Christians.
Source: Montagnard Foundation
25 comments:
Vietnam government took the wrong appraoch with it racism following Hitler. Vietnam should allow these native people to have freedom like every citizen of the country. Oppression will be defeated in the future because people will begin to rise.
Didn't the UK recently proposed to
give our Cham people some radio to
use to help fight terrorist in
Cambodia, hehehe.
Look Out, Vietcong have a million tricks..
Vietcong don't used trick with
people. What they are good at
is booby trap in war, which play
a huge factor in their victory
against their enemy.
But what country had been destroyed the most? UNCLE SAM had bombed the country almost back to the stone age till its people felt sorry for vietname and demanded their govt to stop....and afterward vietcong claumed victory , well enjoy your victory sicko....
Hey, collateral damage can be
replace, but humiliation can't. It
will stayed with you for eternity,
generation after generation. Yeah,
we'll enjoy it.
During the Cold war, Joself Stalin, Truman and churchill the 3 divided the world, and Stallin adopted Communism, then the victorious of Mao Zedong came. Ho Chi Minh was fast, and if he didn't join the Communism, China again would have taken Vietnam. Stalin back then was too powerful, he and Mao helped Ho Chi Minh to kick the French then kick the US. Without The former Soviet Union and China, there were no way in million years Vietnam could have won the war. However, without the Soviet Unions and China behind, Vietnam would have been a prosperous nation? umm..
But what happened if the US foreign policy like they abandoned Afghanistan, then the fate of Vietnam would be fallen in the hand of Mao Zedong.
As everyone knows that China has always had her eyes on Vietnam.
Politics as usual, and every Nation has its own tricks, that's how politics about.
Vietnamese won the war because the Viet girls used their booby trap, booty trap, and sucking trap.
Yes, go on slave, keep licking your boss's kdaw! Ah lob!
Talking about national interest!
No, not from Viet girls.
Vietnam won the war because of the help from China and Soviet Unions. Read the new History Book of John Lewis Gaddis.
Stalin wanted to beat the US so he did help and spend a lot of money $$$ helping Ho Chi Minh.
Million of Viets were killed by Ho.
And why the Viet population is growing too fast? Many're migrated from South China.
10:43, China and Soviet only sold
them arms. There were no Russian
or Chinese troops in Vietnam did
any shooting and you don't get
much credit for selling arms. It
is the Viet Minh's and Viet Cong's
strategies that win the war. Thus,
the credit should go to Vietnam.
And Embarassement should go to
the French and the US, period,
no excuses.
Com' on Viet Cong 1:28 PM. Read the history Book. Stalin gave arms and money and China was with Yuan.
Mao Zedong and Stalin helped Yuan.
Read the book. Without Mao Zedong and Stalin, the answer was NO.
Noop, without gun and amo, the
Vietnames would not have won.
Chairman Mao did not went to
vietnam and shot the French nor
the US. Vietnam could have got
gun and ammo from elsewhere as
well. There are always people
who look for bussiness.
Wow little Smug 2:16 PM, I can't read your ESL.
Well, that is because I am a ETL.
I just have to wonder why Cambodia under AH HUN SEN Vietcong slave is not investing in any military hardware to protect Cambodia from the Thaicong and the Vietcong???
Even a beautiful rose has thorns to protect itself and why cans Cambodian has weapons to protect themselves from invader?
Cambodia must invest in military power and weapon manufacturing!
No "oil for weapons" program!
No "oil for weapons" program!
No "oil for weapons" program!
No "oil for weapons" program!
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If the fucken Vietcong don't have oil and they need to shut the fuck up!!!These fucken Vietcong better hand over Koh Tral and all the maritime and land boundary back to Cambodia because oil for weapons program will happen one way or another! There is nothing the Vietcong can do anything about it!
WTF, since when Kohtral belong
to us, motherfucker? What are
you going to tell us next, France
also belongs to us? Better zip
your fucking lip, fool!
To 7:14AM Vietcong bastard!
Hey motherfucker! Take out the fucken French map of 1953 and before that! Cambodia got her independent from France in 1953!
The fucken Vietcong want to complain? Oil program for weapon will happen one way or another!
Give no Vietcong no peace!
Any fucken Vietcong invader in Cambodia and all the Khmer people must fight the Vietcong invader to the end!!
This is only the begining!
Come on, 2:45, Khotral was part
of Ah Khmer-Yuon territory, And
Ah Khmer-Yuon is still claiming it
as their island, not Khmer's
island; Furthermore, there aren't
any khmer living on that island,
and we aint going to spend a
single cent of our oil money
for that.
To 1:03AM! What?
What did you say? Koh Tral is bigger than Singapore Island nation! Cambodia had lost over 30,000 km2 of maritime border to the Vietcong!
If the fucken Vietcong don't station their marine and solider on the Island and how could Cambodian people go back and live there? This is the fucken Vietcong occupational force!!!
These dirt bag Vietcong have no shame to put Koh Tral Island picture on their fish sauce bottle to confuse the world!!!!ahhahahahhahahhah!
There are billon and billion of dollars worth of oil and natural needed to be discovered!
It is worthed every fucken penny to take on the fucken Vietcong anytime!!!!!ahhahahhahahahaha!
AH HUN SEN Vietcong slave need to step out the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey Dude (5:54), have a look at
the map and see who Koh Tral belong
to. Here's a link:
http://khmerkrom.org/eng/?q=node/26
Also, look at item #22 below the
map.
Don't tell me that Koh Tral does
not belong to Ah Khmer-Yuon. How
can we claimed just item #22 and
not item #1 through #21 to be
ours, huh?
Khmer-youn is still Khmer! Now the fucken Vietcong must hand it over!
I don't give a fuck about your number system!! Why don't you Vietcong slave checks with United Nation on the map of Cambodia!!!
I don't like to play the Vietcong childish game and AH HUN SEN Vietcong slave need to step out of the way!!!
Alright then, what item number do
you want, sir?
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