Dear distinguished colleagues,

Thank you for supporting the activities of The Liberty Flame Foundation, a member of The VN Human Rights Networks. Your good wills for those who are risking their lives and liberty in the struggles for freedom, democracy and human rights in Vietnam will be remembered by all.

We are pleased to forward the latest report on Human Rights in Vietnam and the updated roster of 154 known religious and political prisoners, including those who are under house arrest.

5 Oct 2000 – Updated with 6 Hoa Hao Buddhists who were sentenced to between 1 to 3 years for demanding their rights to conduct religious ceremonies.

15 Aug 1999--updated with the identities of 3 women who were recently discovered in prison camp Z-30D – Ham Tan.

15 Sept 1999-- updated with 21 members of the Nhan Dan Hanh Dong party who have been given 224 years prison term together in Sept. 1999 in Vietnam. Add 3 other NDHD members who are in custody in Vietnam whose identitties are unknown at this time.

5 Oct 1999--Added 3 members of the PTDTNQ (Paris) arrested for aiding families of prisoners to visit them in prison T5, Dam Dun, Thanh Hoa.

5 Nov 199--Updated by reliable source. Marked 14 known to have been released and 1 dead.

This list does not include approximately 40 unknown people quietly arrested and imprisoned after the Nam Dinh demonstration in May 2000, the Thai Binh demonstrations in 1997, and 12 others imprisoned after the Dong Nai demonstrations. Thousands others are held in isolation in their own homes under strict surveillance by Vietnam’s security apparatus.

 a- Caùc soá thöù töï ñöôïc in ñaäm laø nhöõng tuø nhaân hieän bò giam giöõ taïi Traïi Ba Sao, Phuû Lyù, Nam Haø. Ñoâï chính xaùc thoâng tin töø  90 ñeán 95 phaàn traêm.

b- Caùc teân ñöôïc in ñaäm laø nhöõng ngöôì ñaõ cheát hoaëc ñaõ heát aùn tuø, hieän bò quaûn thuùc taïi ñiaï phöông cö truù.

c- Caùc teân in thöôøng vaø soá thöù töï in thöôøng laø thoâng tin giaùn tieáp, ñoä chính xaùc chæ töø 80 ñeán 85 phaàn traêm.

Danh saùch naøy chæ bao goàm söï hieåu bieát cuûa “Uyû Ban Tranh Ñaáu Nhaân Quyeàn Victoria UÙc Ñaïi Lôïi", khoâng coù yù nghóa bao truøm danh saùch toaøn quoác. Hieän con soá thöïc thuï laø bao nhieâu??? Khoù ai coù theå bieát ñöôïc.

Mong ñöôïc  söï tieáp löïc cuûa caùc toå chöùc chính trò vaø toân giaùo khaùc ñeå ngaøy moãi hoaøn bò hôn trong vieäc vaïch traàn nhöõng söï thaät lieân quan ñeán caùc traïi tuø vaø danh saùch caùc tuø nhaân .