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Joint Statement on Viet Nam’s Transnational Repression in Thailand

While the EU recently elevated its relationship with Viet Nam to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, civic space within Viet Nam continues to shrink. This repression is no longer contained within Viet Nam’s borders. Recent high-level state visits between Thai and Vietnamese authorities have signaled a dangerous tightening of bilateral security …
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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

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AFP : Buddhist monk returns from exile to political storm in Vietnam

Agence France Presse HANOI, Jan 18 (AFP) – In the shadow of a large longan tree at a pagoda in Hanoi, an elderly Buddhist monk hopes to tell a few home truths : Thich Nhat Hanh has returned to Vietnam after 38 years’ exile in France — and has …

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 …