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The EU should raise serious human rights concerns with Vietnamese Premier Tô Lâm during visit to Brussels

PARIS, 19 October 2026 (VCHR) – Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) joined with 12 international human rights organisations in urging the European Union to raise serious human rights concerns with Vietnamese President and Secretary-general of the Communist Party Tô Lâm during his visit to Brussels on 22 October. In …
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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 …

AFP : US ambassador criticises Vietnam over treatment of dissident monks

Agence France Presse HANOI, Nov 26 (AFP) – The US ambassador to Vietnam criticised Hanoi Friday for its treatment of the leaders of an outlawed Buddhist church as international concern mounted over religious freedom in the communist nation. Michael Marine, who took up his post in September, said …

AP : Vietnam should relax constraints on dissident monks : U.S. ambassador

Vietnam should allow two elderly Buddhist monks under house arrest to speak and travel freely, and strive to improve the communist country’s overall human rights situation, U.S. Ambassador Michael Marine said Friday in Hanoi. The remarks came after Marine visited the ailing patriarch of the outlawed Unified Buddhist …

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

Reuters : US envoy urges Hanoi to let dissident monks travel

HANOI, Nov 26 (Reuters) – Vietnam should remove travel curbs imposed on two leading monks from a banned Buddhist group so they can meet their followers, the recently appointed U.S. ambassador to Hanoi, Michael Marine, said on Friday. Marine said he had a short meeting this week with …

Buddhist dissident Thich Quang Do under grave situation in Vietnam

The International Buddhist Information Bureau is gravely concerned about the situation of the Very Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy leader of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) and 9 UBCV senior monks intercepted by Security Police on Monday 22nd November on their way to visit UBCV Patriarch Thich …