Agence France Presse BANGKOK, 4 Oct 2007 (AFP) -The Buddhist monks who led Myanmar’s protests have drawn support from fellow believers worldwide, including Tibetan and Vietnamese spiritual leaders who are no strangers to state persecution. This week, as hundreds of disrobed monks could be heard chanting from inside …
Read More »PARIS, 2 October 2007 (IBIB) – The International Buddhist Information Bureau has received an “Announcement” from the Very Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy leader of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) calling on Vietnamese Buddhist clergy at home and abroad to organize prayers and vigils for the Buddhist …
Read More »OPEN LETTER TO MEMBERS OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY Regarding the Candidacy of Vietnam at the UN Security Council His Excellency Ban Ki-moon Secretary General of the United Nations H.E. the Heads of Delegations to the United Nations General Assembly New York, 1st October 2007 Your Excellencies, We, the undersigned, …
Read More »NEW YORK, 1st October 2007 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – In an Oral Statement to Ministers of over 100 member-states of the United Nations Democracy Caucus meeting at the UN General Assembly in New York today (Monday 1st October), the Non-governmental International Steering Committee of the Community of Democracies called on the …
Read More »NEW YORK, 28 September 2007 (IBIB) – In face of the violent crackdown on peaceful protests in Burma, the Very Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy leader of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) addressed a letter today to the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calling for urgent …
Read More »PARIS, 11 September 2007 (IBIB) – The International Buddhist Information Bureau strongly protests the slanderous declaration made by Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet today in a meeting with representatives of the Vietnamese community in New Zealand. Visiting New Zealand from 10-12 September after attending the APEC Summit in Sydney, Australia, …
Read More »PARIS, 10 September 2007 (IBIB) – Widespread Police controls, surveillance and repression of Buddhists from the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) are intensifying as the government pursues its virulent media campaign launched 3 weeks ago against UBCV Deputy leader Venerable Thich Quang Do for supporting farmers and peasants …
Read More »PARIS, 3rd September 2007 (IBIB) – According to urgent reports from the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) received today, Vietnam is stepping up repression against UBCV members and implementing a wide range of strategies to divide, undermine and ultimately suppress the outlawed UBCV. Since the UBCV launched its campaign …
Read More »HANOI, 25 Aug 2007 (AP) – Police have arrested a dissident Buddhist monk and eight other people, accusing them of planning illegal demonstrations against Vietnam’s communist government, state media reported Saturday (August 25th). Police arrested monk Thich Khong Tanh in Hanoi on Thursday (August 23rd), accusing his outlawed Unified Buddhist …
Read More »PARIS, 24 August 2007 (IBIB) – Venerable Thich Khong Tanh, Commissioner for Social and Humanitarian Affairs of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) was released from custody in Hanoi yesterday evening and forcibly escorted to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) by Security Police. He was held for interrogations …
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