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Buddhist dissident Thich Tri Luc reports from Sweden :
Security Police forced him to conceal the truth at his trial in exchange for freedom

July 8, 2004 IBIB 0

The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) has received a statement from Buddhist dissident Thich Tri Luc (secular name Pham Van Tuong) with the request that it be made public to the international media. Sent from Sweden, where he has been granted political asylum, the statement describes Thich Tri Luc’s views …

As the United Nations observes the International Day of the Vesak in New York, UBCV leaders “celebrate” Buddha’s Birthday under house arrest in Vietnam

June 2, 2004 IBIB 0

Whilst hundreds of millions of Buddhists around the globe celebrate the 2548th Anniversary of the Birth of Buddha, or Vesak, on June 2nd 2004, and a ceremony of international observance of the “Day of Vesak” took place at the United Nations in New York, leaders of the outlawed Unified Buddhist …

AFP : US calls on Vietnam to let UNHCR have access to jailed Buddhist

May 17, 2004 Press Review 0

Agence France Presse HANOI, Mar 17, 2004 (AFP) – The United States urged the Vietnamese government to grant the United Nations (news – web sites) refugee agency access to a Buddhist dissident jailed for 20 months for undermining internal security. Pham Van Tuong was found guilty on March …

Security Police threaten to expel Buddhist monks and cut off electricity at Giac Hoa Pagoda in Saigon for supporting the banned UBCV

May 17, 2004 IBIB 0

The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) has received an urgent appeal for help from Venerable Thich Vien Dinh, Superior monk of Giac Hoa Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). He reports that the Security Police and authorities threaten to expel 40 resident Buddhist monks and cut off the electricity …

Buddhist Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang calls on all Vietnamese Buddhists to unite in the non-violent struggle for the survival of Buddhism

May 4, 2004 IBIB 0

70 delegations of senior monks, nuns and lay-Buddhists representing sections of the Vietnamese American Unified Buddhist Congress in the USA (VAUBC-USA), leaders of the Buddhist Youth Movement and representatives of 36 organizations of the Vietnamese community and media from all over the United States, Canada and Europe gathered in San …

U.S. Ambassador Raymond Burghardt visits UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang in Binh Dinh

April 28, 2004 IBIB 0

At 10.50 a.m. this morning (28, April 2004), U.S. Ambassador Raymond Burghardt paid a visit to the Most Venerable Thich Huyen Quang, Patriarch of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) at the Nguyen Thieu Monastery in Binh Dinh Province, where the 86-year-old UBCV leader is currently under house …

AP : U.S. ambassador meets with head of outlawed Vietnam church

April 28, 2004 Press Review 0

The U.S. ambassador to Vietnam met Wednesday with the patriarch of an outlawed Vietnamese Buddhist church who is under virtual house arrest, the embassy said. Ambassador Raymond Burghardt “met this morning with Thich Huyen Quang for an hour-long private conversation,” said embassy spokesman Tom Carmichael. He gave no …

Senior UBCV monks send Petition to the Vietnamese government calling for the release of Thich Huyen Quang, Thich Quang Do and detained UBCV leaders

April 26, 2004 IBIB 0

The International Buddhist International Information Bureau (IBIB) has received a copy of a forceful Petition sent to Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong and Prime Minister Phan Van Khai by two senior dignitaries of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) calling for the release of UBCV monks arrested in …

dpa : Kidnapped dissident U.N. refugee to be allowed to leave Vietnam

April 10, 2004 Press Review 0

Deutsch Presse-Agentur HANOI, April 10, 2004 (dpa) – A Vietnamese dissident and United Nations refugee who says he was kidnapped from Cambodia, forcibly repatriated and jailed in Vietnam will be allowed to leave the communist country, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees representative said Saturday. We met …

AP : UPDATE 1-Dissident Vietnam monk given nod to resettle

April 8, 2004 Press Review 0

HANOI, April 8 (Reuters) – Vietnam will permit a dissident Buddhist monk, who recently completed a 20-month jail term for stirring unrest against Hanoi, to resettle in another country if he wants to, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Thursday. A representative of the United Nations High Commissioner …