Petition for the Rights of a Christian Prisoner in Vietnam

Dear Friend, There are hundreds, if not thousands, of Christians who are currently serving sentences in Vietnam's brutal prisons. Their sentences are unfounded - these believers have refused to join the government-sanctioned churches which are the only legally-recognized religious institutions allowed to operate in the Communist nation. Government-sanctioned churches are heavily monitored and controlled in Vietnam. Thus the underground, and consequently illegal, house churches are continually monitored, harassed, and persecuted by special religious police. These underground Christians believe that being a part of a government-controlled church is not an option for followers of Christ, so they continue to live out their lives of faithfulness quietly and subversively.