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Vietnam: New sentencing of land rights defender Trinh Ba Phuong

The Observatory has been informed about the second conviction and prison sentence of imprisoned land rights defender Mr Trinh Ba Phuong. Mr Ba Phuong has campaigned against land grabbing and to highlight its impact on small-scale farmers across the country, along with his mother Ms Can Thi Theu and brother …
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Vietnam: United Nations body highlights gross violations of civil and political rights
VCHR & FIDH denounce gross Violations of Civil and Political Rights in Vietnam before top UN Human Rights body
New Report on Violations of Civil and Political Rights in Vietnam
Emmanuel Macron’s official visit to Vietnam: Civil society organisations call on the President to take action on human rights

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Thich Nhat Hanh’s visit to Vietnam causes deep concern to UBCV Buddhists

On January 11, 2005, Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh left France for a 3-month speaking tour of Vietnam. This highly-publicized visit, which could be interpreted as a sign of increased religious tolerance in Vietnam, in fact it takes place during one of the worst periods of repression against the …

AP : U.S. ambassador meets with deputy head of banned Vietnamese church

The U.S. ambassador to Vietnam met with the deputy head of a dissident Buddhist church who is currently under house arrest, the embassy said Thursday. Thich Quang Do, the No. 2 at the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, has been under virtual house arrest at his monastery in …

U.S. Ambassador Michael W. Marine visits Venerable Thich Quang Do – Overseas UBCV collects aid for Tsunami victims in Asia

The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) is informed that the United States Ambassador to Vietnam, Michael W. Marine paid a visit to the Very Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy Head of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) today at the Thanh Minh Zen Monastery. He was accompanied by …

AFP : Vietnamese lawmaker on tour of US deflects criticism of Hanoi’s rights record

Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (AFP) – US criticism of religious freedom in Vietnam is an irritant in the relationship between the two nations, but one that can be overcome, a top Vietnamese lawmaker said Thursday. Ton Nu Thi Ninh, vice chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs committee …

Vietnam Committee on Human Rights protests Vietnam’s denial of visa to US Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez

The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights strongly condemns Vietnam’s refusal to grant a visa to US Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez to visit Vietnam. Congresswoman Sanchez, a Democrat who represents “Little Saigon” in Santa Ana (California), the largest Vietnamese community in the United States, and who is currently in Thailand on a …

dpa : U.S. ambassador queries Vietnam’s treatment of Buddhist dissidents

HANOI, Nov 26, 2004 (dpa) – The Unites States ambassador to Vietnam expressed his concern Friday at Vietnam’s treatment of two high-profile Buddhist dissidents. The leaders of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) have been under de facto house arrest, since a run-in with communist authorities last …