PARIS, 13 February 2012 (VCHR) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights is deeply concerned about the physical integrity of prominent blogger Nguyen Van Hai (alias Dieu Cay), who has been detained incommunicado for the past 16 months on charges of “propaganda against the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam”. His …
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PARIS, 9 February 2012 (VCHR) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights is informed that the Most Venerable Thich Quang Do, Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) has been nominated for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize. The deadline for nominations expired on 1st February 2012, and the …
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PARIS-GENEVA-BANGKOK, January 10, 2012 (VCHR & OBSERVATORY) – The first full-fledged human rights dialogue of the European Union with Vietnam needs to be accompanied with the release of all human rights defenders currently imprisoned, in detention, or under house arrest, said the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) and the …
Read More »GOVERNMENT ——— No.: ……/2012/ND-CP SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Independence – Freedom – Happiness ————— Hanoi, date…..month……year 2012 DECREE ON MANAGEMENT, PROVISION AND USE OF INTERNET SERVICES AND INFORMATION ON THE NETWORK (The 3rd draft) ——————- THE GOVERNMENT – Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government dated December 25, …
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PARIS, 7 December 2011 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – The Vietnam Committee for Human Rights applauds the call to close down so-called “rehabilitation centres” for injecting drug users and female sex workers by the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Mr. Anand Grover following his visit to Vietnam from …
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PARIS, 5 December 2011 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights and Quê Me: Action for Democracy in Vietnam, wrote to the European Parliament to call on Vietnam to respect human rights and democratic freedoms during their meeting with a high-level delegation …
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PARIS, 29 November 2011 (IBIB) – The Most Venerable Thich Quang Do, prominent dissident and 2012 Nobel Peace Prize nominee was consecrated Fifth Supreme Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) at the UBCVs 9th Congress from 18-20 November 2011. Because of continuous government repression against the outlawed …
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Good afternoon My name is Marietje Schaake, I am a Member of the European Parliament from the Netherlands. I am very sorry I cannot join you today in California today but hopefully I can contribute to your discussion through this short video message. In the European Parliament my focus …
Read More »Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. I would like to thank the organizers for inviting me here today to honour the Buddhist leader and the outstanding human rights champion, the Venerable Thich Quang Do. I am proud to be part of an event that brings together so many Vietnamese Buddhists and …
Read More »Venerable THICH VIEN DINH Head of the Institute for the Dissemination of the Dharma (Viện Hóa Đạo) Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam Venerable Thich Vien Dinh, secular name Nhu Van Trung, was born on 8 July 1951 in Chanh Trach hamlet, My Tho village, Phu My district in the central …
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