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Christians Injured in Attack in Vietnam Denied Medical Care
HANOI, Vietnam (Compass Direct News) – Three Christians seriously injured during a savage attack near Hanoi on Nov. 13 have been evacuated to an undisclosed hospital in Ho Chi Minh City after several hospitals in the region refused to examine and treat them. The attack on a church leaders’ worship service of an Agape Baptist Church (ABC) house church in Lai Tao village, Bot Xuyen commune, My Duc district left one woman, evangelist Nguyen Thi Lan, … Read entire article »
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House Church Leaders Attacked near Hanoi, Vietnam
Special to Compass Direct News HANOI, Vietnam (Compass Direct News) – A gang of men attacked leaders of a Baptist house church network near Hanoi on Sunday (Nov. 13), leaving one pastor unconscious and seriously injuring several others, including women and teenage children. Leaders of the Agape Baptist Church were participating in a spiritual renewal meeting at the home of pastor Nguyen Danh Chau in Lai Tao village, Bot Xuyen commune, My Duc district, when the gang … Read entire article »
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Police-Sponsored Thugs Attack Church in Central Vietnam
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (Compass Direct News) – Thugs said to be doing the bidding of local authorities attacked a pastor and his family with iron bars and wooden clubs in central Vietnam on Oct. 23, seriously injuring the heads and arms of the church leader’s father and other relatives, sources said. Twice on the same Sunday that local authorities disrupted a house church service in Phu Quy village near Tam Ky, Quang Nam Province, … Read entire article »
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Sixteen Degar Montagnard Christian Worshippers Attacked, Brutally Beaten
By Michael Ireland Senior Correspondent, ASSIST News Service WASHINGTON, DC (ANS) – A violent attack against indigenous minority Christians in the central highlands of Vietnam took place this past July, leaving sixteen men and women severely injured and one man still under arrest; his welfare remains unknown to date. ICC (International Christian Concern) www.persecution.org says the systematic persecution of X Degar Montagnard Christians continues, with this brutal attack as proof of the regime’s purposeful policing, harassment, … Read entire article »
Filed under: International Christian Concern, Vietnam
Vietnam intesifies repression of indigenous minority Christians
By Dan Wooding Founder of ASSIST Ministries VIETNAM (ANS) — The Vietnamese government has intensified repression of indigenous minority Christians from the country’s Central Highland provinces who are pressing for religious freedom and land rights, Human Rights Watch (www.hrw.org) has said in a just released report. The 46-page report, “Montagnard Christians in Vietnam: A Case Study in Religious Repression,” details the latest government crackdowns on these indigenous peoples, known collectively as Montagnards. The report documents police sweeps to root out Montagnards in hiding. It details how the authorities have dissolved house church gatherings, orchestrated coerced renunciations of faith, and sealed off the border to prevent asylum seekers from fleeing to Cambodia. Human Rights Watch found that special “political security” (PA43) units conduct operations with provincial police to capture, detain, and interrogate people they identify … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Christian, Persecution, Vietnam
