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Vietnamese government suspicious of churches |
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An internal Vietnamese government training manual obtained by Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) reveals explicit details of the authorities’ continuing intentions to regulate religious activity, particularly among Protestants.
The manual, entitled “Training Manual for the Task Concerning the Protestant Religion” has been issued by a government department, the Central Bureau of Religious Affairs.
In a new report, CSW provides an analysis of the document, which is a revised version of the widely-criticised 2006 and 2007 training manuals. The report points out that although the new training manual is less critical of Protestantism in its rhetoric, it retains an underlying suspicion of the Protestant religion, and its perceived potential to be abused by “hostile forces” to create political instability.
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Over 60 British MPs are calling for a United Nations (UN) commission of inquiry into crimes against humanity in Burma, just two weeks before Nobel Laureate and democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is due for release from house arrest.
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The UN must work to bring change to Burma |
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Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) is urging the UN Secretary-General to “intensify” efforts to facilitate a process of meaningful dialogue between Burma’s military regime, the democracy movement and ethnic nationalities, following a fact-finding visit to the Thai-Burmese border. During the visit, CSW obtained yet more evidence of continuing human rights violations in Burma, and is now calling on the international community to increase pressure on the military regime.
During the three-week visit, CSW visited refugees and Internally Displaced People in Karen State, and heard first-hand testimony from victims of forced labour and forced relocation. One man told CSW how his leg had been blown off when he stepped on a landmine laid outside his home by troops from the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), an armed militia working with the Burma Army. The DKBA had also burned down his home. He then walked for two days through the jungle, on crutches, to an IDP camp on the Thai-Burmese border. He told CSW: “I really want all the people of Burma to have peace and freedom. If there is no peace and freedom, I cannot go home.”
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