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Prominent dissident Thich Quang Do calls on Vietnam to immediately lift the arbitrary detention order on himself and UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang

The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) has obtained a copy of a letter sent by Vietnam’s most prominent religious dissident, Venerable Thich Quang Do, 76, to the Vietnamese Communist leadership summoning them to lift the arbitrary “administrative detention” order imposed on himself and the Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church …

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dpa : Vietnamese Buddhist dissident seeks end to house arrest

HANOI, Oct 28, 2004 (dpa) – A prominent Buddhist dissident has called on authorities in Vietnam to release him and another religious leader from house arrest, a rights group said Thursday. In a letter sent to leaders in one-party Vietnam, Thich Quang Do called on Vietnam’s prime minister, national assembly …

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