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Testing the government’s good faith

1997 Sect's assault on mourners at funeral of Cao Dai follower in Truong Hoa Commune, Town of Hoa Thanh, Tay Ninh Province On October 31 and again on November 1, 2024, over 15 members of the state-created and controlled 1997 Cao Dai Sect, accompanied by thugs and...

Letter to Rubio re Religious Prisoners of Conscience

Letter to Rubio re Religious Prisoners of Conscience

December 16, 2024 Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL)483 Russell Senate Office BuildingWashington, D.C. 20510 Dear Senator Rubio, We are an informal coalition of organizations, religious and secular leaders, advocates, and scholars dedicated to the protection of individuals...

Joint letter against extradition of Y Quynh Bdap

Joint letter against extradition of Y Quynh Bdap

We write to respectfully seek your support for the millions of Cao Dai followers who need to regain access to their places of worship in Vietnam in time to celebrate, in late 2025, the centennial anniversary of the founding of their Cao Dai Religion.

Y Cuah (Choa) H’dok, ECVS Pastor

Y Cuah (Choa) H’dok, ECVS Pastor

On March 26, 2024, Pastor Y Cuah Hdok of ECVN-South declared in a video broadcast on the Public Security website of Dak Lak Provincial Police that โ€œFreedom of belief and religions must be within the framework of the Party, the State. We must obey whatever the State...

Y Tuan Mlo, ECVS Pastor

The current Head of the ECVN-Southโ€™s representative board in Dak Lak Province, Pastor Y Tuan Mlo, is of the Ede ethnicity and has served in various positions in the provincial government. In October 2023, the GCRA included him in its delegation visiting the United...

Nay Sia, ECVS Pastor

Using ECVN-South to target independent house churches was not an aberration of the local or district government authorities. On 4 February, 2023, ECVN-South Pastor Nay Sia appeared on the television program of the Police Department of ฤแบฏk Lแบฏk Province to accuse...