Montagnard Foundation, Inc. ( vi, Tổ chức Quỹ người Thượng) is an
anti-communist
Anti-communism is Political movement, political and Ideology, ideological opposition to communism. Organized anti-communism developed after the 1917 October Revolution in the Russian Empire, and it reached global dimensions during the Cold War, w ...
organization whose mission statement is to protect the rights of the
Montagnard people. It is a non-profit organization, founded in 1990 and based in
South Carolina in the United States, that has spoken out against
Vietnam's policies that affect the Montagnard people. During the
Vietnam War it is estimated that some 40,000 Montagnards served with the US military as scouts, interpreters and soldiers. The foundation claims that over 200,000 Montagnards perished during the conflict.
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The Montagnard Foundation is led by exiled leader
Kok Ksor Kok Ksor ( Jarai: Ksor Kok, born 1945 in Gia Lai Province, in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, died in USA on 9 January 2019), was a member of the Jarai ethnic group and the President of the Montagnard Foundation, Inc., an organization, begun as ...
who is a member of
Transnational Radical Party
The Transnational Radical Party (TRP), whose official name is Nonviolent Radical Party, Transnational and Transparty (NRPTT), is a political association of citizens, members of parliament and members of government of various national and political ...
and has brought the persecution of the Montagnard people to the platform of the
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation. The Foundation states that its goal is to protect the rights, preserve the lives and the culture of the Montagnard people through nonviolent means and not in an independent state.
History
References
* Sidney Jones, Malcolm Smart, Joe Saunders, HRW. (2002). ''Repression of Montagnards: Conflicts Over Land and Religion in Vietnam's Central Highlands'', Human Rights Watch. {{ISBN, 1-56432-272-6.
* United States Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign. (1998). ''The Plight of the Montagnards: Hearing Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Relations'', Original from the Library of Congress.
*Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people by Rodolfo Stavenhagen for
United Nations Commission on Human Rights 6 March 2002. Submitted pursuant to Commission resolution 2001/57 Addendum. Selected summaries of communications examined by the Special Rapporteur in 2001/2002
External links
The Degar Foundation, Inc.Montagnard Human Rights Organization (MHRO)Save The Montagnard People
a website dedicated to aiding Degar refugees and their descendants in the United States, primarily supported by American Vietnam veterans
Repression of Montagnards: Conflicts over Land and Religion in Vietnam's Central Highlands
by Human Rights Watch April 2002
Montagnards Face Religious, Political Persecution
by Human Rights Watch June 2006
Politics of Vietnam
Anti-communism in Vietnam
Anti-communist organizations in the United States
1990 establishments in South Carolina
Members of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization