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Kyodo : Vietnam premier meets dissident Buddhist leader

    HANOI, April 5 (Kyodo) — Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai had his first-ever meeting with the leader of the dissident Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) this week, the newspaper Viet Nam News said. Thic Huyen Quang, who has been under house arrest for more than two …

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The International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH) and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights call for the immediate release of human rights defender Nguyen Dan Que

Mr Sidiki Kaba, President of the Paris-based International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) and Mr Vo Van Ai, FIDH Vice-President and Chairman of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights, wrote to the Vietnamese leadership today expressing grave concern on arrest of dissident and human rights defender Dr Nguyen Dan Que …

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