Rmah Hlach

Ama Blut

Current Status: Likely released - at risk

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Date of Birth: 1968

Gender: M

Religion: Christian

Ethnicity: Montagnard (Jrai)

Activist Focus:

Indigenous rights
Religious freedom

Sentenced to 12 years in prison under Art. 87 (1999 Code). Expected Release is July, 2021.

Arrest July, 2009

Charges

Art. 87 (1999 Code)

Jurisdiction

Location Viet Nam

Subsequent Events

January 14, 2010 - Date of trial

Lawyers

Sentence 12 years in prison

Expected Release July, 2021

Actual Release

Description

Details of Imprisonment

Rmah Hlach, also known as Ama Blut, is an ethnic Jrai Christian. He was arrested in July 2009 for demanding religious and indigenous rights and sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment with three years’ house arrest on release under Article 87 (Undermining the unity policy) of the 1999 Penal Code on January 14, 2010. According to Amnesty International, he was last reported detained at Ba Sao prison camp, Hà Nam in Nam Hà province. But according to BPSOS, he is detained in Gia Lai province.

Profile last updated: 2024-06-13 20:34:03