PARIS – Mr. Vo Van Ai, l’ President of the Paris-based Vietnam Committee on Human Rights urged Malaysia today not to tear down a memorial set up by former Vietnamese Boat People on the island of Pulau Bidong. The Malaysian government gave orders to destroy the memorial after receiving complaints …
Read More »Paris, 13th June 2005 Dear Mr. President, In a few days, you will meet with Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai, the highest-ranking diplomat to visit the United States since the end of the Vietnam War. Vietnamese at home and abroad will be following this visit with close attention, and …
Read More »OPINION No. 18/2005 (VIETNAM) Communication : addressed to the Government on 1 December 2004 Concerning : Thich Quang Do (Dang Phuc Thue) and Thich Huyen Quang (Le Dinh Nhan) The State ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1. The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention was established by resolution 1991/42 …
Read More »SANTIAGO, CHILE – Addressing the 3rd Ministerial Meeting of the Community of Democracies in Santiago, Chile from 28-30 April 2005, Vo Van Ai, President of the Vietnam Committee for Human Rights and Que Me : Action for Democracy in Vietnam, called on democratic governments around the world “to support a process …
Read More »Agence France Presse HO CHI MINH CITY (AFP) – Tens of thousands of people marked the 30th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War with a colourful commemoration that pushed aside communist ideology to focus on economic prosperity. The entire city centre was decked out with large, …
Read More »The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) is informed that Security Police in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) arrested Buddhist monk Thich Nguyen Vuong, member of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) this morning as he left Thanh Minh Zen Monastery after visiting the UBCV Deputy leader Thich Quang …
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