2004 Activities:

21/04/2004 | MONTAGNARD FOUNDATION
SITUATION UPDATE - 21 APRIL 2004 - GIA LAI PROVINCE ONLY. MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED VICTIMS LISTED – NEW AND DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE EASTER REPRESSION

11/04/2004 | RADICAL PARTY DEMONSTRATE IN VATICAN [Photos]

2003 Activities:

19/12/2003 | Montagnard Foundation
OPEN LETTER: APPEAL TO POPE JOHN PAUL II REGARDING THE 2003 CHRISTMAS CRACKDOWN AND THE ONGOING REPRESSION OF MONTAGNARD DEGAR CHRISTIANS IN VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA

26/11/2003 | interview à RFI de Vo Van Ai, président du Comité Vietnam pour la Démocratie, et d'Olivier Dupuisl (MP3 7Mb)

July 2003: Kok Ksor, President of the Montagnard Foundation, meets rapresentatives of the Italian Gouvernment

28 June 2003: Vietnam lifts "probationary detention" sentence on Venerable Thich Quang Do

10 June: Statement by Kok Ksor, President of the Montagnard Foundation, Inc. in response to Hanoi’s allegations and distorted propaganda

02 June:UBCV Spokesman Vo Van Ai protests Vietnam’s continued detention of Venerable Thich Quang Do, 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee

30 May: Overseas Congregations of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam in the United States, Europe and Australia call for the release of Venerable Thich Quang Do and the right to existence of the banned UBCV

May : United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Report on Vietnam

16 April : The use of the Death Penalty in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
by Penelope Faulkner - Vice-President, Vietnam Committee on Human Rights

23 February: Vietnamese Government executes a Montagnard Christian who was on the Human Rights Watch List and place Kok Ksor’s Mother under house arrest after torture.

18 Febrary: Question by Hon. Marco Pannella to the European Commission

2002 Activities:

31 Dicember: «Hok moak thun mrao» New Year 2003 with the Montagnards

25 Dicember: «Moak mnai hrue Noel»: Merry Christmas in Degar language in St. Peter Square (Rome).

24 December: Mfi press release: Dozens of members of the Italian Parliament question the Italian Government about the commercial and cooperation agreements with Vietnam

17 December: Montagnard Foundation, Inc. Press Release: Cancellation Of Christmas In The Central Highlands Of Vietnam - Due To Religious Persecution

16 December: Montagnard Foundation, inc. Report: religious persecution against Christian Montagnards. Report from Central Highlands

22 November: Open letter from Kok Ksor, President Of The Montagnard Foundation in response to Foreign Ministry Spokeperson Phan Thuy Thanh's Comments of "Shameless Slander"

18 November: Montagnards killed by lethal injection in Vietnam: Press Release By Montagnard Foundation

16 November: Letter by Mr. Kok Ksor to the Un Humman Rights envoy to Cambodia Mr. Peter Leuprechton the occasion of his visit to Cambodia from 16-20 November 2002

28 September: Sam Rainsy Party asks the Cambodian Government to fully abide by the Un Refugee Convention

28 September: Cambodge/Vietnam: Nouvelles persecutions des Montagnards. Question a la Commission Europeenne de Marco Pannella

26 September: Brussels, Demonstration in front of the European Commission
RadioRadicale.it: Ue-Vietnam: Pannella, scandalo contro la legalità (audio delle dichiarazioni di Marco Pannella)
Cambodia: Hundreds of Hontagnards forced to take refuge in the jungle. Unhcr "unable to carry out its duties".

25 September: Vietnam State Security force threatens Dr. Nguyen Dan Que, Press relase of the International Committee for Freedom

21 September 2002: World Day of Gandhian - Nonviolent Struggle - for Freedom and Democracy also in Vietnam - SPECIAL PAGE

21 September: Letter from Hanoi: vietnamese dissidents' families appeal for support

13 September: Written declaration to the European Parliament
• On the violation of the fundamental rights of the Vietnamese people and the respect of the rights of the Montagnards
• On the violation of the fundamental rights of the Vietnamese people and for the release of religious leaders

10 September: Question to the European Commission by Marco Pannella: Violation of ARt. 2 of the EU-Vietnam Cooperation Agreement

09 September: Bodies floating in the Gia Lai river: and more arrests as Vietnam steps up repression - Montagnard Foundation Special Report

05 September: Vietnam: the European Parliament opts for "Pétainism" Statement by Olivier Dupuis

04 September: EP: Debate on the Maaten Report on the EU-Asia partnership Intervention d'Olivier Dupuis

03 September: Messages by Vo Van Ai: Message for the World Day of Gandhian-Nonviolent Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in Vietnam

03 September: Message by Kok Ksor: Message for the World Day of Gandhian-Nonviolent Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in Vietnam

29 August: Open Letter of Mr Kok Ksor, leader of the Montagnards, to Mr Hartmut Nassauer, President of the European Parliament Delegation with South-East Asia and ASEAN Countries

27 August: Vo Van Ai's Open Letter to Mr Hartmut Nassauer, President of the European Parliamentary Delegation on the eve of its visit to Vietnam, 9-10 September 2002

09 August: Geneva, Mr. Kok Ksor, President of the Montagnard Foundation, Inc. (www.montagnard-foundation.org) and TRP member and Mr. Matteo Mecacci, UN Representative of the TRP and met at the UN office in Geneva with some members of the UN Human Rights Committee in a briefing organized to present a “Shadow Report” on the Vietnamese compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights prepared by the TRP.

4-7 July: Intervention of Kok Ksor before the 1st Congress of Radicali Italiani

8-9 June: THE MONTAGNARD COMMUNITY IN THE U.S. WELCOMES REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TRP

17 May: THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT FORMALLY ACCUSES THE TRANSNATIONAL RADICAL PARTY AT THE UN OF BEING CONNECTED WITH TERRORIST GROUPS

07 May Written Question P-1407/02 by Marco Pannella (NI) to the Commission (and the preliminary answer)

02 May: Indigenous minorities of Viet Nam: letter of the Vietnamese Ambassador in Brussels to the Members of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament

02 April: UN: Vietnam attacks the Transnational Radical Party for its work with the Montagnard people

02 April: Onu: Il Vietnam contro il Partito Radicale

11 April: Strasburgo, Parlamento europeo: 11 aprile: Dibattito sulle urgenze - Diritti umani, Risoluzione sulle Minoranze indigene del Vietnam e la chiusra dei campi profughi in Cambodgia

11 April: Résolution du Parlement européen sur les minorités indigènes du Viêt-Nam et la fermeture des camps de réfugiés au Cambodge

13 February: U.S. House of Representatives state terrorism and religious persecution in Vietnam
Testimony by VO VAN AI, President, Vietnam Committee on Human Rights
Testimony of Paul Marshall, Senior Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom, Freedom House

2001 Activities

05 July: Résolution du Parlement européen sur les libertés religieuses au Viêt Nam

14 June: Question écrite prioritaire de Marco Pannella à Commission sur les tribus Montagnards au Vietnam

06 June: Vietnam: Dupuis and Schulthes expelled

02 June: Propostition de résolution sur la liberté religieuse au Vietnam

24 April: Written Question by Marco Pannella (TDI) to the Commission on M. Thich Quang Do with answer given by Mr Patten

Letter from Mr. Giang

27 Febrary: On the eve of the 9th Congress of the Vietnamese Communist Party, Thich Quang Do and the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam launch an Appeal for Democracy in Vietnam

22 Janvier: Soutien a la candidature du venerable Thich Quang Do au Prix Pobel de la Paix 2001

Past Activties

16 November 2000: Le Parlement européen adopte une nouvelle résolution sur les droits de l'Homme au Vietnam

22 March 1999: UNCHR/TRP's statement - item 7 (right to development) - COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS - Fifty-fifth session

29 March 1999: : Arrest of Mr Giang: letter to the President of the Republic of Vietnam

21 Febrary 1999: D'ALEMA, MORANDI E LE "SPARATE" SUI VIETCONG
DI MARCO PANNELLA

European Parliament: Draft resolution (May 1998)- tabled by Olivier Dupuis, Gianfranco Dell'Alba and Jean-François Hory on behalf of ERA Grou