Editing Hmong people (section)

==Religious persecution==
Hmong [[Catholic]]s, [[Protestant]]s, and [[Animism|animist]]s have been subjected to military attacks, police arrest, imprisonment, [[forced disappearance]]s, [[extrajudicial killing]]s, and [[torture]] in [[Laos]] and [[Vietnam]] on [[Marxist–Leninist atheism|anti-religious]] grounds.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1104/S00423/laos-vietnam-troops-execute-4-hmong-christians.htm|title=Laos, Vietnam Troops Execute 4 Hmong Christians|via=Scoop News|date=16 April 2011|publisher=Center for Public Policy Analysis|quote=Laotian and Hmong minority Christian and Animist believers continue to be hunted, brutally tortured, and killed by the Lao military in significant numbers in key provinces in Laos.}}</ref>

A significant example was the deportation of Zoua Yang and her 27 children from Thailand on 19 December 2005, after the group was arrested attending a church in Ban Kho Noi, [[Phetchabun province|Phetchabun Province]], [[Thailand]]. Ms. Yang and her children were detained upon their return to Laos, after which the whereabouts of much of the family is unknown.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hres992/text|title=H.Res. 992 (115th): Condemning the actions taken by the Lao People's Democratic Republic against the Hmong ChaoFa Indigenous people, and for other purposes|via=GovTrack}}</ref>

In 2011, [[Vietnam People's Army]] troops were used to crush a peaceful demonstration by Hmong Catholic, Protestant and [[Evangelical Christian]]s who gathered in [[Điện Biên province|Dien Bien Province]] and the [[Dien Bien Phu]] area of northwestern Vietnam, according to Philip Smith of [[the Center for Public Policy Analysis]], independent journalists and others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Vietnam+troops+%27use+force%27+at+rare+Hmong+protest-a01612457562|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141202154541/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Vietnam+troops+'use+force'+at+rare+Hmong+protest-a01612457562|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 December 2014|title=Agence France Press (AFP), (6 May 2011) "Vietnam troops 'use force' at rare Hmong protest"}}</ref> In 2013, [[Vam Ngaij Vaj]], a Christian pastor of Hmong ancestry, was beaten to death by Vietnamese police and security forces.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://morningstarnews.org/2013/03/hmong-christian-leader-in-vietnam-beaten-to-death-in-police-custody-sources-say/|title=Hmong Christian Leader in Vietnam Beaten to Death in Police Custody, Sources Say|first=Our Vietnam|last=Correspondent|date=28 March 2013|website=Morningstar News}}</ref> In [[Hanoi]], Vietnamese government officials refused to allow medical treatment for a Hmong Christian leader, Duong Van Minh, who was suffering from a serious [[kidney]] illness, in February 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/vietnam/duong-van-minh-02142014180616.html|title=Hanoi Hospitals Refuse Treatment to Ailing Hmong Christian Leader|website=Radio Free Asia}}</ref>

The [[U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom]] has documented official and ongoing religious persecution, religious-freedom violations against the Laotian and Hmong people in both Laos and Vietnam by the governments. In April 2011, [[the Center for Public Policy Analysis]] also researched and documented cases of Hmong Christians being attacked and summarily executed, including four Lao Hmong Christians.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Laos,+Vietnam+troops+kill+four+Hmong+Christians%3A+NGO-a01612449350|title=''Agence France Press'' (AFP), (15 April 2011) "Laos, Vietnam troops kill four Hmong Christians: NGO"|access-date=11 December 2014|archive-date=13 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213030820/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Laos%2c+Vietnam+troops+kill+four+Hmong+Christians%3a+NGO-a01612449350|url-status=dead}}</ref>