Quê Me Quê Me: Action for democracy in Vietnam & Vietnam Committee on Human Rights

Ho Chi Minh City Police City prohibit UBCV monks from receiving foreigners until APEC leaders leave Vietnam – Suspected of wanting to meet US President George W. Bush, Buddhist Nun Thich Nu Dam Thoa is arrested in Hanoi

November 19, 2006 IBIB 0

PARIS, 19 November 2006 (IBIB) – The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) has received urgent information from Venerable Thich Vien Dinh, Vice-President and Secretary General of “Vien Hoa Dao”, the Executive Institute of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, and Superior monk of the Giac Hoa Pagoda, one of …

APEC meeting in Hanoi, 12-19 November 2006 : Just Free Trade, no Free Speech : Hanoi dissidents are “off-limits” to foreigners during APEC meeting

November 15, 2006 VCHR 0

PARIS, 15 November 2006 – As thousands of participants meet to discuss free trade and open markets at the APEC meeting in Hanoi, Security Police have received strict orders to prevent any free discussion between dissidents and foreign diplomats or media visiting the Vietnamese capital. Over the past week, Security …

“Sacrificing principles for profits” : Vo Van Ai regrets US State Department’s decision to withdraw Vietnam from list of Countries of Particular Concern

November 14, 2006 IBIB 0

PARIS, 14 November 2006 (IBIB) – Mr. Vo Van Ai, Director of the International Buddhist Information Bureau and International Spokesman of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) expressed his deep regret at the US State Department’s decision to withdraw Vietnam from the blacklist of “Countries of Particular Concern” …

Open Letter to Heads of State at the APEC Summit in Hanoi, 17-19 November 2006 : “Sustainable development requires a free press, free trade unions and independent NGOs” : World leaders at APEC Summit must press Vietnam to initiate a process of political reform

November 13, 2006 VCHR 0

Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of the Paris-based Quê Me : Vietnam Committee on Human Rights has sent an Open Letter to the Heads of State of 21 Member Economies meeting in Hanoi for the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit from 17-19 November 2006. The members are Australia ; Brunei Darussalam ; …

Vo Van Ai receives 2006 Rafto Prize in Bergen, Norway on behalf of Buddhist dissident Venerable Thich Quang Do

November 7, 2006 IBIB, News, Press Release 0

PARIS, 6 November 2006 (BIIB) – The Rafto Foundation in Bergen, Norway, awarded the 20th 2006 Professor Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize to Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy leader of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) “for his personal courage and perseverance through three decades of peaceful opposition against …

IBIB : Vo Van Ai receives 2006 Rafto Prize on behalf of Thich Quang Do

November 6, 2006 Photos 0

DPA : Vietnam critical of human rights prize for Buddhist monk

November 1, 2006 Press Review 0

    Ho Chi Minh City/Oslo, Nov 1, 2006 (dpa) – Communist-run Vietnam on Wednesday dismissed an international human rights prize for a leading monk of a banned Buddhist sect as “completely inappropriate,” state media reported. Thich Quang Do, 77, a pro-democracy activist and deputy patriarch of the Unified Buddhist …

Thich Quang Do cannot travel to Norway to receive the 2006 Rafto Prize

October 31, 2006 IBIB 0

PARIS, 31 October 2006 (IBIB) – Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy leader of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), has sent a letter to the Rafto Foundation in Bergen, Norway, to say that he cannot travel to Norway to receive the 2006 Professor Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize, awarded …

AFP : Vietnam monk fears exile if he travels to accept human rights prize

October 31, 2006 Press Review 0

HANOI, Oct 31, 2006 (AFP) – A Vietnamese Buddhist monk will not travel to Norway this week to receive the Rafto human rights award because he fears he would be banned from returning to his homeland, his supporters said Tuesday. Thich Quang Do, a 77-year-old monk who has been under …

Dissidents in Vietnam welcome Norway’s Rafto Prize 2006 for Thich Quang Do

October 27, 2006 IBIB 0

PARIS, October 27, 2006 (IBIB) – The Norwegian Rafto Foundation announced on 21st September that Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy leader of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), will receive the 2006 Professor Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize for his contribution to human rights and as a “unifying force” …