Weegy: A Roman Catholic, Ngo Dinh Diem pursued biased and religiously oppressive policies against the Republic's Montagnard natives and its Buddhist majority that were met with protests. [ Amid religious protests that garnered worldwide attention, Di?m lost the backing of his US patrons and was assassinated, along with his brother, Ngô Ðình Nhu by Nguy?n Van Nhung, the aide of ARVN General Duong Van Minh on 2 November 1963, during a coup d'état that deposed his government. ]
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