BACKGROUND: Hundreds of Degar Montagnards have been tortured many by electric shock and beatings intended to cause internal organ damage. One Degar named Y-Ngo Adrong was tortured to death on 13 July 2006 and US State Dept described this as credible report of extrajudicial killing by security forces Vietnamese authorities continue persecuting Church Christians by severe torture so they can release them just before they die, in order to avoid claims they died in prison. Dieu Suoi (below) died two days after his release in May 2007. Â We are afraid for the over 350 Degar prisoners who are still in the brutal and inhuman prison of Vietnam will end up with the same treatment of Dieu Suoi. See also video of Degar Montagnard torture victims on Youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOSKDjYPyXU

The tragic story of Dieu Suoi is as follows:

On May 29, 2007 our Christian Brother Dieu Suoi died of injuries caused by severe torture he received from Vietnam’s police and prison officials. He was crippled and his body was almost beyond recognition to his family and he died within two days of his release. He was born in 1976 at Buon Budap village, commune Nhan Co, district Dak Rlap in Daknong province. On September 14, 2005 however, security police from the district arrested him in his village because he was a house church Christian who refused to join the official church and because he supported the Montagnard Foundation. The police tied him up and brought him in front of the villagers and began striking him with their hands and kicking and stomping him with their boots. They also electric shocked him and beat him with batons until he was unconscious, whereupon they threw him in their truck and took him to the prison in Daknong province. The security police threatened all the villagers stating they will be treated the same if they don’t join the official church or dare ever follow the Montagnard Foundation. On April 20, 2006 Dieu Suoi was sentenced from 2 to 3 years in prison for resisting the Vietnamese government and sent to prison in Phu Yen province.

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