FoRB Updates by VCHR & IBIB

2017

01/30/2017 (IBIB): In Lunar New Year Message, Thích Quảng Độ calls for Fearlessness to win freedom for Buddhism in Vietnam
02/24/2017 (VCHR) :EU Delegation raises serious human rights concerns during visit to Vietnam
02/28/2017 (VCHR) : Amnesty International group in US sends 70 letters to EP delegation to Vietnam calling for the release of Buddhist dissident Thích Quảng Độ
03/02/2017 (VCHR) : Pastor Nguyễn Trung Tôn kidnapped and beaten in Vietnam
03/09/2017 (VCHR) : VCHR regrets that US State Department’s Human Rights Report fails to raise the case of Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Độ
03/15/2017 (VCHR) : Vietnam Committee on Human Rights denounces violations of Religious Freedom at UN Human Rights Council in Geneva
04/27/2017 (VCHR) : U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom recommends designating Vietnam as “Country of Particular Concern” for religious freedom violations
05/02/2017 (VCHR) : EPRID shares best practices at EP Conference on “How religious and belief communities reach out to each other in words and deeds”
05/10/2017 (IBIB) : UBCV leader Thích Quảng Độ issues Vesak Day Message
05/12/2017 (VCHR) : Police threaten and harass UBCV Buddhists and Youth leaders during Vesak celebrations in Hue
05/15/2017 (VCHR) : Buddhist Youth Leader Lê Công Cầu goes on hunger strike to protest ban on visiting critically-ill UBCV leader Thích Quảng Độ
05/29/2017 (FIDH & VCHR) : Vietnam: Lengthy jail sentences for two dissidents upheld as crackdown continues
06/16/2017 (VCHR) : At the UN, Vietnam Committee on Human Rights denounces persecution of UBCV Buddhists and calls on UN Experts to visit Vietnam
06/29/2017 (The Observatory & VCHR) : Vietnam: Prominent Blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh sentenced to 10 years in prison
07/06/2017 (VCHR): At G20 Summit: VCHR calls on Vietnamese Prime Minister to release prisoners of conscience Thích Quảng Độ, Nguyễn Văn Đài and Đỗ Thị Hồng
07/21/2017 (VCHR): Crackdown on Buddhist Youth Movement’s Summer Camp in Huế
07/31/2017 (VCHR): Four human rights defenders arrested for subversion in an escalating crackdown on dissent in Vietnam

2016

09/04/2016 (VCHR) : Human Rights Organizations urge French President to speak out for human rights during visit to Vietnam
09/20/2016 (VCHR): VCHR and Hudson Institute hold Conference in Washington D.C. on Religious Freedom in Vietnam
11/19/2016 (VCHR): Vietnam New Law contravenes the Fundamental Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief
12/07/2017 (VCHR) : EU must press Vietnam to address serious human rights violations at upcoming human rights dialogue