UN experts on Monday condemned what they described as escalating repression against the Khmer Krom people in Vietnam, urging authorities to cease targeting minority communities through security laws and to release those detained for peaceful activity.

Experts reported Khmer Krom defenders, as well as activists and Theravada Buddhist monks, face systemic harassment, criminalization, and religious and cultural repression for peaceful efforts to promote Indigenous identity, cultural expression and religious freedom. They further condemned claims that Indigenous and cultural identity threatens national security or public order.

The report stated that 17 individuals tied to the groups have been improperly arrested, convicted, and sentenced for exercising rights to freedom of religion or b

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