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IBIB : 107 Buddhist monks in Hue condemn rejection of US Congress Resolution by Thich Tri Tinh, Head of the Executive Council of the State-sponsored Vietnam Buddhist Church

December 4, 2003 Resources 0

The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) has received a letter co-signed by 107 young Buddhist monks in Hue. Dated 30th November 2003, it strongly condemns a recent letter from Thich Tri Tinh, President of the Executive Council of the State-sponsored Vietnam Buddhist Church (VBC) to the Speaker of the U.S. …

BBC Online : Vietnam dissidents win freedom

November 28, 2003 Resources 0

Three relatives of a jailed Vietnamese dissident who were accused of passing information abroad about his arrest have had their prison sentences cut short. Brothers Nguyen Vu Viet and Nguyen Truc Cuong, who were imprisoned for five and four years respectively in September, had their terms cut by the Ho …

IBIB : Open Letter to the European Union Troïka

November 23, 2003 Resources 0

on the Forthcoming EU-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue Hanoi, November 26th 2003 H.E. Luigi Solari, Italian Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam H.H. Dan Mulhall, Irish Embassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam H.E. the Greek Ambassador to the Soclialist Republic of Vietnam Paris, 23rd November 2003 Your Excellencies, As …

dpa : Vietnam slams human rights group’s criticism

November 19, 2003 Press Review 0

HANOI, Nov 19, 2003 (dpa) – Vietnam reacted angrily to a French human rights organization’s criticisms of the country’s human rights record Wednesday. In a statement Monday, the France-based Vietnam Committee on Human Rights called on the European Union to urge Vietnam to release prisoners of conscience, loosen …

Venerable Thich Quang Do is gravely ill under house arrest in Saigon – Buddhists stage protest against religious repression outside Vietnamese Consulate in San Francisco

November 11, 2003 IBIB 0

The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) has received alarming reports on the serious health condition of Venerable Thich Quang Do, 2003 Nobel Peace Prize nominee and Deputy leader of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), who is currently under effective house arrest at the Thann Minh Zen Monastery …

New attack on the Freedom of Religion. The EU must respond with the utmost firmness !

October 23, 2003 Resources 0

Brussels, 23 October 2003. The Vietnamese authorities have effectively placed 11 dissident monks belonging to the outlawed United Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) under house arrest for two years. Among them is the Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang, whose arbitrary detention has now lasted over 20 years, and his deputy Thich …

AFP : Vietnam-religion-rights – Outlawed Buddhist church says Vietnam stepping up repression

October 21, 2003 Press Review 0

Agence France Presse HANOI, Oct 21 (AFP) – Vietnam has intensified its crackdown on an outlawed Buddhist church, placing senior monks under house arrest to isolate them from their followers, the church’s overseas information arm said Tuesday. The Paris-based International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) said 11 monks from …

Reuters : INTERVIEW-Vietnam religious head defends action on monks

October 17, 2003 Press Review 0

HANOI, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Two elderly Buddhist monks from an outlawed group accused of possessing “state secrets” are not being detained but their fate depends on the result of further investigation, Vietnam said on Friday. Ngo Yen Thi, chairman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs, which …

AFP : Vietnam says three dissident monks under house arrest

October 16, 2003 Press Review 0

Agence France Presse HANOI, Oct 16 (AFP) – Vietnam said Thursday it has placed three senior monks from an outlawed Buddhist church under house arrest for two years for violating the country’s strict security legislation, escalating a crackdown on the group. Foreign ministry spokesman Le Dung said their …

AP : Vietnam places three monks from banned church under arrest

October 16, 2003 Press Review 0

HANOI, Vietnam, Oct 16 (AP) — Three monks from a banned Buddhist church have been placed under house arrest for allegedly violating national security laws, the Vietnamese government said Thursday. The detained monks belong to an outlawed sect that has clashed repeatedly with Hanoi. Thich Tue Sy, Thich …