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The European Commission calls for the release of Buddhist leaders Thich Huyen Quang and Thich Quang Do and calls on European diplomatic envoys to visit the detained Buddhist dissidents in Vietnam

February 11, 2003 VCHR 0

The European Foreign Affairs Commissioner Chris Patten has expressed EC concern on Vietnam’s continued detention of Venerable Thich Huyen Quang, Patriarch of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) and his Deputy, Venerable Thich Quang Do, and called for the Buddhist leaders’ release. In written replies to questions tabled …

In his 20th year of internal exile, detained Buddhist Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang urges Buddhists to resist persecution and engage in the nonviolent movement for democracy, religious freedom and human rights (Message to Vietnamese Buddhists for the Lunar New Year)

January 22, 2003 IBIB 0

The Most Venerable Thich Huyen Quang, Patriarch of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) has sent a Message to Vietnamese Buddhists on the occasion of the Lunar New Year of the Goat, 1st February 2003. Sent clandestinely from the small hut near Quang Phuoc Pagoda, Nghia Hanh village …

VCHR : The Socialist Republic of Vietnam :
Violations of the Rights of Ethnic Minorities in the Northern and Central Highlands

July 30, 2001 Resources, VCHR Reports & Publications 0

Report compiled byVietnam Committee on Human Rightsfor the 59th Session (30 July-17 August 2001)of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (hereafter « Vietnam Committee ») welcomes the Report submitted by the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on its implementation of the International Convention on …

Prominent Member of the European Parliament is arrested in Ho Chi Minh City for staging a peaceful demonstration for religious freedom in Vietnam

June 6, 2001 FoRB, News, Press Release, Thich Quang Do, VCHR 0

PARIS, 6 June 2001 (VCHR) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights is deeply concerned for the safety of Olivier Dupuis, Member of the European Parliament and Secretary of the Italy-based Transnational Radical Party and his assistant, Martin Schultes, arrested at 19h.30h (Vietnam time) in front of the Thanh Minh …

Prominent European M.P. Olivier Dupuis stages sit-in inside Thanh Minh Zen Monastery in solidarity with detained Buddhist monk Thich Quang Do

June 6, 2001 FoRB, News, Press Release, VCHR 0

PARIS, 6 June 2001 (VCHR) – Mr Olivier Dupuis, Member of the European Parliament and Secretary-general of the Transnational Radical Party is staging a sit-in today inside the Thanh Minh Zen Monastery at 90 Tran Huy Lieu Street, Phu Nhuan Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, to protest Vietnam’s arbitrary detention …

Appeal for Democracy in Vietnam by Thich Quang Do (extracts) 21.2.2001

February 21, 2001 Resources, Thich Quang Do, UBCV 0

As the Vietnamese Communist Party launched consultations on the political platform of its Ninth Party Congress, Venerable Thich Quang Do addressed an “Appeal for democracy in Vietnam” to VCP Secretary-general Le Kha Phieu, President Tran Duc Luong, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai and National Assembly President Nong Duc Manh. The …

Appeal for Democracy in Vietnam by Thich Quang Do (full text)

February 21, 2001 FoRB, Resources, Thich Quang Do, UBCV 0

Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam APPEAL FOR DEMOCRACY IN VIETNAM on the occasion of the 4880th Anniversary of our founding Fathers the Hung Kings and the dawning of the Third Millennium Buddhism came into the world to deliver all creatures from suffering. The emergence of Buddhism 2,544 years ago represented …

dpa: U.S. religious commission is slander, says Hanoi

February 15, 2001 News, Press Review 0

HANOI, February 15, 2001 (dpa) – Vietnam on Thursday criticised a U.S. review into religious freedom in the communist-ruled nation, calling it an “unacceptable” interference in Vietnam’s internal affairs. “That the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom gives itself the right to pass judgments on religious situations in other countries …

AP: Vietnam Paper Blasts U.S. Hearing On Religious Freedom

February 14, 2001 News, Press Review 0

WASHINGTON, February 14, 2001 (AP) -The U.S. government should press for an end to religious persecution in Vietnam as it moves toward a greater trade relationship with the Southeast Asian nation, religious leaders said Tuesday. Even before they spoke they were blasted by the ruling party newspaper in Hanoi for …

A High ranking Communist official denounces the CPV’s policy to neutralise the Unified Buddhist Church of Viet Nam – Thich Tri Quang’s position on Buddhist reunification

June 6, 1995 VCHR 0

“Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s”: