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VCHR joins tribute to Olivier Dupuis, champion of human rights, democracy and religious freedom

ROME, 19 September 2026 (VCHR): The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) joined members of the Italian Parliament, former MEPs, friends and democracy activists from all over the world in Rome today to honour the memory of Olivier Dupuis, former Secretary-general of the Italian Transnational Radical Party (TRP), Member of …
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37 Prominent Members of the U.S. Congress urge Vietnam to release Buddhist dissidents Thich Huyen Quang and Thich Quang Do

Whilst Vietnam’s Prime Minister Phan Van Khai made an unprecedented step this week towards dialogue with the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) by holding talks with UBCV Patriarch and prominent dissident Most Venerable Thich Huyen Quang in Hanoi, the regime has made no promises to release the UBCV …

Vietnam Prime Minister Phan Van Khai holds talks with Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang in Hanoi on the situation of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam

For the first time in unified Vietnam, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai has met the leader of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), Most Venerable Thich Huyen Quang in Hanoi to talk about the situation of the UBCV. The meeting took place today at 5.30 pm and lasted …

dpa : Detained Buddhist patriarch meets Vietnam’s prime minister

HANOI, April 2, 2003 (dpa) – The 86-year-old patriarch of a banned Buddhist sect in Vietnam was shown on state television Wednesday meeting with the prime minister in a surprising move that could signal a softening in the communist government’s hard line on the church after more than 20 years. …

Buddhist leader Thich Huyen Quang faces hardships in Hanoi after issuing a Statement calling for the re-establishment of the banned UBCV

The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) is concerned for the safety of the Most Venerable Thich Huyen Quang, Patriarch of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) who is currently in Hanoi for medical treatment. The IBIB is informed that tension has escalated between the Vietnamese authorities and the …

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 …

Diplomats from the European Union and the United States visit Buddhist Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang in Hanoi

For the first time in over two decades, since the Vietnamese government effectively banned the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) and supplanted it with the State-sponsored Vietnam Buddhist Church in November 1981, diplomats from the European Union and the United States have met with UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang …