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Vietnam refuses to address serious human rights concerns at UN Universal Periodic Review

GENEVA, 27 September 2024 (VCHR) – Speaking today at the UN Human Rights Council’s 57th session in Geneva on behalf of FIDH and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), VCHR President Penelope Faulkner informed the UNthat“reprisals against human rights defenders, the existence of political prisoners, and the repression of …
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Reuters : INTERVIEW-Vietnam religious head defends action on monks

HANOI, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Two elderly Buddhist monks from an outlawed group accused of possessing “state secrets” are not being detained but their fate depends on the result of further investigation, Vietnam said on Friday. Ngo Yen Thi, chairman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs, which …

AFP : Vietnam says three dissident monks under house arrest

Agence France Presse HANOI, Oct 16 (AFP) – Vietnam said Thursday it has placed three senior monks from an outlawed Buddhist church under house arrest for two years for violating the country’s strict security legislation, escalating a crackdown on the group. Foreign ministry spokesman Le Dung said their …

AP : Vietnam places three monks from banned church under arrest

HANOI, Vietnam, Oct 16 (AP) — Three monks from a banned Buddhist church have been placed under house arrest for allegedly violating national security laws, the Vietnamese government said Thursday. The detained monks belong to an outlawed sect that has clashed repeatedly with Hanoi. Thich Tue Sy, Thich …

Reuters : Vietnam curbs travel for three Buddhist monks

HANOI, Oct 16 (Reuters) – Communist Vietnam said on Thursday it had set curbs on travel by three Buddhist monks for a period of two years but added that the action was spurred by legal violations and not meant as religious repression. The three men are members of the Unified …

Reuters : Thaw over, Vietnam tackles banned Buddhist group

HANOI, Oct 14 (Reuters) – After a brief reconciliation, Vietnam is back on the warpath against an outlawed Buddhist group whose leaders appear to be seeking to revive the organisation in defiance of the ban, diplomats said on Tuesday. The crackdown on the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) by …

Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam holds Special Conference in Melbourne, Australia – Venerable Thich Huyen Quang is proclaimed Fourth Supreme Patriarch of the UBCV

Senior dignitaries of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) from Europe, Canada, the United States, Asia, Australia and New Zealand gathered at the Quang Duc Monastery in Melbourne, Australia on 10-12 October 2003 to attend a Special Conference of the UBCV, convened at the request of the UBCV leadership …