Profile

Siu Ben

Ama Yon

Detainment Type: Likely released - at risk

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Other Names: Ama Yon

Date of Birth: 1975

Gender: M

Religion: Christian

Ethnicity: Montagnard (Jrai)

Known Prison(s):
Gia Lai provincial prison (July, 2009 - ??)

Activist Focus:

  • Indigenous rights
  • Religious freedom

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

March, 2009
  • Art. 87 (1999 Code)
Viet Nam
July, 2009 - Date of trial
12 years in prison
March, 2021
Details of Imprisonment

Siu Ben, also known as Ama Yon, is an ethnic Jrai Christian arrested in March 2009 for demanding religious and indigenous rights. He was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment in July 2009 under Article 87 (Undermining the unity policy) of the 1999 Penal Code. He was last reported detained at Gia Lai prison camp.

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

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