Rah Lan Blom

Current Status: Released - at risk

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Date of Birth: 1976

Gender: M

Religion: Christian

Ethnicity: Montagnard (Jrai)

Last Known Prison: An Phuoc detention center, Binh Duong province

Areas of Activism:

Indigenous rights
Religious freedom

Highlighted Human Rights Concerns:

Former Political Prisoner

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Resources

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

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

Arrested August, 2010. Sentenced to 9 years in prison under Art. 87 (1999 Code). Expected Release is August, 2019.

Arrest August, 2010

Charges

Art. 87 (1999 Code)

Authority of Arrest

Location (map)

Trial April, 2011

Court of First Instance

Defense Counsels

Sentence 9 years in prison

Expected Release August, 2019

Actual Release

Rights Violated

Actions Taken By

Details of Imprisonment

Rah Lan Blom is an ethnic Jrai Christian from Ploi Kuao village in Gia Lai province. For demanding
religious and indigenous rights, he was arrested in August 2010 and sentenced on April 5, 2011 to nine years’ imprisonment with three years’ house arrest on release for “undermining the national unity policy” (article 87 of the Penal Code). He is last reported detained at An Phước prison camp, Bình Dương province.

Profile last updated: 2020-08-07 18:51:05