In recent weeks Vietnam has, for example, stripped the vocal General Tran Do of his party membership for calling too loudly for reforms, arrested other dissidents who dared challenge the totalitarian system, detained and interrogated Buddhist venerables Thich Huyen Quang and Thich Quang Do, and continued its systematic persecution of Christians of Vietnam's minority tribal groups. They also strongly defended the Rapporteur, Mr. Amor, who was roundly attacked by Vietnamese authorities both at the end of his visit to Vietnam last October, and again when his 19-page report was first released in March, 1999.
Observers consider Vietnam's loud objections a measure of the reports accuracy.
The authorities appear to interfering with the deepest feeling of the faithful. Such interference may definitely be regarded as a violation of freedom of religion. Amor called on the Vietnamese to bring their laws and even their constitution into compliance with the international agreements the Vietnamese government has long ago signed. Particularly objectionable is the enshrinement in Article 4 of the Constitution regarding the monopoly of Marxist-Leninism as the prevailing ideology. Focusing on the persecution of Christians of the Hre, the Bahnar and the Hmong minority groups, the monograph clearly shows that the suffering is not caused by a few random acts of rogue officials, but rather must be a cruel policy permitted and promoted by Vietnam's highest authorities.