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Repression of Montagnards: Seeking Respect and Dignity

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The Socialist Republic of Vietnam prevailed in wars against major powers such as France, the United States, China, and Cambodia. It has also undergone huge economic changes over the last three decades while at the same time corruption is so ingrained that one has to wonder if it will ever come under control (Martini 2012). Vietnam’s score, on the 2014 Corruption Perception Index, (scaled 0–10, with 10 being highly clean, was 3.1. According to the International Federation for Human Rights (IFHR 2014), Vietnam has the largest number of political prisoners (212) of any country in Southeast Asia. Finally, it is a collection of tribal and political groups which for centuries have operated in competition with one another for dominance in the country.

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Sieh, E. (2017). Repression of Montagnards: Seeking Respect and Dignity. In: Sieh, E., McGregor, J. (eds) Human Dignity. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56005-6_19

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