Rmah Hlach

Current Status: Likely released - at risk

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Other Names: Ama Blut

Date of Birth: 1968

Gender: M

Religion: Christian

Ethnicity: Montagnard (Jrai)

Areas of Activism:

Indigenous rights
Religious freedom

Highlighted Human Rights Concerns:

Former Political Prisoner

Details -

Resources

Amnesty International, Viet Nam: List of Prisoners of Conscience, 12 July 2016 (PDF)

BPSOS, Religious Prisoners in Vietnam, May 10, 2017 (PDF)

Arrested July, 2009. Sentenced to 12 years in prison under Art. 87 (1999 Code). Expected Release is July, 2021.

Arrest July, 2009

Charges

Art. 87 (1999 Code)

Authority of Arrest

Location (map)

Trial January 14, 2010

Court of First Instance

Defense Counsels

Sentence 12 years in prison

Expected Release July, 2021

Actual Release

Rights Violated

Actions Taken By

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: 2021-12-23 21:04:04