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Martyrs in Vietnam
The Washington Times ^ | April 15, 2004 | Daniele Capezzone and Matteo Mecacci

Posted on 04/15/2004 1:00:59 AM PDT by neverdem

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:41:44 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

On the eve of Easter celebrations in Vietnam, what our organization had been announcing but the international community has been ignoring took place.

On Saturday, around 150,000 Christian Montagnards staged peaceful demonstrations of prayer in the four provinces of the Central Highlands of Vietnam, reacting to the religious and political repression that the Communist regime has imposed on them for decades. The Montagnards left their villages and reached the provincial cities where they gathered to pray in front of the buildings of the government.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: christianpersecution; christians; communism; easter; humanrights; johnkerry; montagnards; persecution; unitednations; vietnam; wto

1 posted on 04/15/2004 1:00:59 AM PDT by neverdem
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To: neverdem; ALOHA RONNIE
Ping.


2 posted on 04/15/2004 5:26:49 AM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl ("What you're seeing is a new, healthy respect for the 1st Marine Division." - Ollie North, 4/14/04)
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To: neverdem
Viet Nam vet bump.

Suggestion: repost with a Viet Vet Alert
3 posted on 04/15/2004 7:01:04 AM PDT by kahoutek
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To: neverdem
Genocide Alert.
4 posted on 04/15/2004 10:32:43 AM PDT by happygrl (this war is for all the marbles...)
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