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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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AFP : Vietnamese Buddhist dissident jailed for 20 months

  Agence France Presse   HANOI, March 13, 2004 (AFP) – A dissident Buddhist monk has been sentenced to 20 months in jail in Vietnam for undermining internal security, amid a crackdown on the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam. Thich Tri Luc, whose secular name is Pham Van Tuong, …

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