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International Women’s Day: the Women Vietnam wants the world to forget

PARIS, 8 March 2024 (VCHR) – As the world celebrates International Women’s Day on 8th March and Vietnam bids for a second term on the UN Human Rights Council, the voices of women calling for change in Vietnam are systematically and arbitrarily suppressed. The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) …
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Happy New Year of the Dragon 2024
VCHR and FIDH expose grave violations of the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Vietnam
Environmental and Human Rights Defenders in Vietnam spend International Human Rights Day behind bars
VCHR and FIDH submit joint human rights report to the UN for the Universal Periodic Review of Vietnam

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AP : Two leaders of banned Vietnamese faith accused of c…

HANOI, Vietnam, Oct 10, 2003 (AP) — Vietnam on Friday accused two elderly leaders from a banned Buddhist sect of transporting state secrets, two days after a support group alleged the monks were in a standoff with police after being surrounded near a monastery. Unified Buddhist Church of …

AFP : Vietnam denies stand-off with dissident Buddhists

Agence France Presse HANOI, Oct 9 (AFP) – Vietnam denied Thursday that the head of an outlawed Buddhist church and his deputy had been prevented by security forces from leaving their monastery and travelling to Ho Chi Minh City. The Paris-based International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) said the …

dpa : Stand-off between Buddhist leaders and Vietnamese security services escalates

Hanoi, October 8 (dpa) – A stand-off between a group of monks from a banned Buddhist group and Vietnamese security services has escalated, with 1,200 supporters protesting against the detention of their leaders, a Buddhist support group claimed Wednesday afternoon. Thich Huyen Quang, 86, and Nobel peace prize …

dpa : Leader of banned Buddhist sect goes on hunger strike in Vietnam

Hanoi, Oct 8, 2003 (dpa)- The elderly leader of a banned Buddhist sect in Vietnam began a hunger strike after being prevented from traveling from his monastery to Ho Chi Minh City, a Buddhist group alleged Wednesday. The leader of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, Thich …

AFP : Vietnam backs down in stand-off with dissident Buddhist monks

Agence France Presse HANOI, Oct 8 (AFP) – A tense stand-off between Vietnamese security forces and two senior monks from an outlawed Buddhist church ended peacefully Wednesday after travel restrictions against them were lifted, overseas Buddhist sources said. Thich Huyen Quang, patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of …

AFP : Dissident Vietnamese monks in vehicle stand-off with police

Agence France Presse HANOI, Oct 8 (AFP) – Two senior monks from an outlawed Buddhist Church in Vietnam were in a tense stand-off Wednesday with security forces after their vehicle was surrounded and immobilised, overseas Buddhist sources said. Thich Huyen Quang, patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of …