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TERTIARY EDUCATION QUALITY AND STANDARDS AGENCY BILL 2011
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NATIONAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING REGULATOR BILL 2010 [2011]
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Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program
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Senator Ludlam
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs, upon notice, on 6 December 2010:
With reference to Vietnamese religious prisoners:
(1) Does the department currently have a human rights dialogue with Vietnam.
(2) Are issues of human rights discussed with other Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries at ASEAN meetings.
(3) Is the Department aware of the case of Puih H’bat, an Indigenous Christian Montagnard woman and mother of four, who was arrested by Vietnamese security police for having Christian prayer services in her home on 11 April 2008 and has not been heard from since.
(4) Is the Department aware that Puih H’bat is one of hundreds of religious prisoners held by Vietnamese authorities with their whereabouts unknown.
(5) Will the department make it a matter of priority to inquire with the Vietnamese Government as to the whereabouts of Puih H’bat and other Vietnamese religious prisoners.
Senator Conroy (Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Digital Productivity)
—The Minister for Foreign Affairs has provided the following answer to the honourable senator’s question:
(1) Yes.
(2) Yes, the Australian Government discusses a range of issues including relevant human rights matters at ASEAN meetings, particularly the progress of the ASEAN Inter-Governmental Commission on Human Rights (AIHCR), to which Australia has announced it will provide assistance in 2011.
(3) Yes.
(4) The Australian Government shares the Senator’s concerns about the arrest and conviction of religious prisoners in Vietnam, including Puih H’bat.
(5) The Australian Embassy in Hanoi made representations to the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the detention of a number of religious activists on 10 December 2010 and to the Ministry of Public Security on 17 December 2010. The case of Puih H’bat was raised during these representations. The Australian Government will continue to raise human rights concerns including individual cases with the Vietnamese Government at appropriate opportunities.