WASHINGTON, DC, March 15, 2004 -- The Vietnamese government is using drug injections to torture minority ethnic Hmong Christians into abandoning their faith, according to new documentary evidence released today by Freedom House’s Center for Religious Freedom.
The Center has received a letter dated January 30 that details the plight of Hmong Christians who are forced to deny their faith in Na Ling Village, Song Ma District, Lai Chau Province in Northwest Vietnam. The letter, written by Zong Xiong Hang, a Hmong Christian, describes the use of painful drug injections administered by Vietnamese military personnel in order to force Hmong in Na Ling Village “to not believe in Jesus.” Those injected reported experiencing chest pains, headaches, and numbness in their limbs.
“Pain-inducing drug injections are a horrific violation of the integrity of the person,” said Center Director Nina Shea. “This shocking form of torture has been used in some of the world’s most sinister regimes, including Nazi Germany and the USSR.”
According to the letter, Christians in Na Ling Village also faced expulsion if they did not abandon their religious beliefs..........
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Nice that your daughter could visit the Potemkin Vietnam. Unfortunately, she didn't visit the real country, as it is.
I'm pretty sure every country that caters to tourism could be called a potemkin country. I don't dispute your information, and I'm not arguing moral equivalence, but there are much worse countries that are not communist. If you look at 25 year chunks of time rather than day by day, the trend is going to be away from totalitarianism.
That's going to be true in Muslim countries as well.