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dpa : Kidnapped dissident U.N. refugee to be allowed to leave Vietnam

  Deutsch Presse-Agentur   HANOI, April 10, 2004 (dpa) – A Vietnamese dissident and United Nations refugee who says he was kidnapped from Cambodia, forcibly repatriated and jailed in Vietnam will be allowed to leave the communist country, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees representative said Saturday. We met …

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AP : UPDATE 1-Dissident Vietnam monk given nod to resettle

    HANOI, April 8 (Reuters) – Vietnam will permit a dissident Buddhist monk, who recently completed a 20-month jail term for stirring unrest against Hanoi, to resettle in another country if he wants to, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Thursday. A representative of the United Nations High Commissioner …

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AFP : US diplomats denied access to religious groups in Vietnam

  Agence France Presse   WASHINGTON, April 6, 2003 (AFP) – US Embassy staff in Vietnam have been prevented from meeting with representatives of religious groups due to apparent police action, the State Department said. The diplomats were denied access particularly to Thich Thien Hanh from the Unified Buddhist Church …

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