Scott Johnson

Scott Johnson is a lawyer, writer and human rights activist who has focused on issues in South East Asia.

Most Recent Articles by Scott Johnson:

Imprisoned Degar Montagnard Christian in Vietnam April 12, 2011
Puih Hbat
How the Grinch stole Christimas February 15, 2011
Vietnamese Government uses Christmas to crack down on Christians
Cambodian MP statement against the closure of Montagnard refugee camp December 17, 2010
Protection from Prosecution is a Right- Protection of Refugees is an Obligation
Vietnamese security police torture Degar Christian December 11, 2010
Charge his family for medical treatment and threaten to torture him again:
Praying Is A Crime in Vietnam December 5, 2010
Degar (Montagnard) Catholics Beaten Unconscious at Prayer Service – Cross and Pictures destroyed by Police
Degar Christian Prisoner Tortured To Death in Vietnam December 3, 2010
Officials announced his death on 6 September 2009 and tell family they cannot have the body until his “corpse” serves his prison sentence
Eighty-year-old Degar woman persecuted in Vietnam November 18, 2010
The Vietnamese Government Persecutes Mr. Kok Ksor's Mother In Order To Discourage Support in the Central Highlands
Degar Christian, Y-Kap Ayun, died in Prison from torture November 17, 2010
Vietnam Authority refused to relinquish corpse for family to have a decent burial # I
The continuation of the “Military wipe out Operation” III against Degar Christians in the central hi November 14, 2010
“tieu quet” which means (wipe out)
Burma’s Nuclear Mystery July 6, 2010
A mysterious silence surrounds the Obama administration's failure to disclose the extent of Burma's nuclear threat as required under US law
Murdered Pastor’s Widow Could Lose Children May 25, 2010
Vietnamese officials pressure widow to sign them over to state
Montagnard Christian Prisoner Tortured to Death by Vietnamese Officials April 27, 2010
Security Attempts to Cover-Up the Killing of Montagnard Christian named K’pa Lot
KNU Statement Requesting UN SG to Call on SPDC to Stop Attacks against Karen Civilians March 6, 2010
Karen National Union, Attacks by the SPDC Burmese Army against Karen and other ethnic peoples
Vietnamese Police Abduct Another Degar Montagnard Christian February 15, 2010
Prisoner is feared dead as he “disappeared” like the religious prisoner “Puih Hbat” who was arrested in 2008 for conducting illegal Christian prayer services
Vietnam’s Covert War Against Overseas Buddhists January 26, 2010
AUSTRALIA is set to become the "test case" for this strategy
Vietnam: Repression Intensifies Prior to Party Congress January 23, 2010
Rights Defenders, Democracy Activists Targeted
Vietnam Burned Montagnard Christian Church and Four Christians Need Urgent Protection December 2, 2009
Due to threatening tactics and repressive measures by security police this information was only recently received from inside Vietnam. The four Christians need URGENT protection
A Testament of Betrayal: Vietnam’s House Church Christians November 22, 2009
Being a member of a Christian house church in Vietnam can be a death sentence and no one in Washington or Hanoi seems to care