Buddhist monk Thich Thien Minh, 51, member of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam released in a government amnesty on 2 February 2005 after 26 years in re-education camp has sent an “Petition” to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) denouncing grave abuses of religious freedom in …
Read More »The Most Venerable Thich Huyen Quang, 86, prominent dissident and Fourth Supreme Patriarch of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), has sent an “Open Letter” to the Vietnamese leadership denouncing recent harassments of UBCV monks, and condemning the unlawful detention of UBCV Deputy leader Venerable Thich Quang Do …
Read More »Buddhist Era 2548 VTT/TT To : Mr. Nong Duc Manh, Secretary-general of the Communist Party of Vietnam Mr. Tran Duc Luong, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Mr. Phan Van Khai, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Mr. Nguyen Van An, President of the SRV National Assembly Dear …
Read More »HANOI, February 18, 2005 (dpa) – Vietnam strongly denied Friday claims by a rights group that a dissident Buddhist monk has been prevented from travelling during recent new year celebrations. The information arm of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam said Wednesday that monks and activists had …
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