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AFP : Thich Huyen Quang, Vietnam’s leading Buddhist dissident

  Agence France Presse   Buddist monk Thich Huyen Quang (left) holds talks with Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai in 2003. Quang — the 87-year-old leader of the Vietnamese Buddhist movement that has refused to come under government control — has died in Binh Dinh province. (AFP/VNA/File/Str) HANOI, 5 …

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AFP : Vietnam’s top dissident Buddhist monk gravely ill

  Agence France Presse   HANOI, 04 juil 2008 (AFP) – The leader of the Vietnamese Buddhist movement that has refused to come under the control of the communist government is gravely ill in hospital, his supporters and state media said Friday. Thich Huyen Quang, 87, patriarch of the banned …

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“Whilst Thich Quang Do prays for Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang’s life, Hanoi is already planning for his death” – Vo Van Ai protests Hanoi’s political interference into UBCV affairs

PARIS, 3 July 2008 (IBIB) – The International Budhist Information Bureau is shocked and outraged by the news report issued by the official Vietnam News Agency and relayed on 3rd July by several State-run newspapers in Vietnam (Thanh Nien, Hanoi Moi etc) concerning the “imminent funeral” of the Unified Buddhist …

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As the U.S. President meets Vietnamese Prime Minister in Washington DC: President Bush should urge Vietnamese PM to legalise banned Buddhist Church and allow gravely ill UBCV Patriarch to receive medical treatment in Saigon

PARIS, 24 June 2008 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS) – As the Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung embarked on a 4-day official visit in the United States from 23-26 June, and will be received at the White House by U.S. President George W. Bush today, Mr. Vo Van Ai, …

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UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang is in hospital in Binh Dinh

PARIS, 31 May 2008 (IBIB) – The International Budhist Information Bureau is informed that the Supreme Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) Thich Huyen Quang is seriously ill. He was admitted to the General Hospital in Quy Nhon on 27th May suffering from breathing problems due to …

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VCHR Reports

A History of Violence: Repression of the right to freedom of assembly in Vietnam

In a Joint Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee, VCHR and FIDH denounce grave violations of the right to freedom of expression, treatment of human rights defenders and use of the death penalty in Vietnam

Alternative Report to the UN Human Rights Committee on the Third Periodic Report of Vietnam on Implementation of the ICCPR (2019)

Open Letter: EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement contravenes the EU’s human rights obligations

FIDH & VCHR Joint submission for Vietnam’s third UPR

VCHR & FIDH Joint Submission for the adoption of the List of Issues for the United Nations Human Right Committee

Shrinking Spaces: Assessment of the Human Rights Situation in Vietnam during the 2nd Cycle of the Universal Periodic Review

VCHR: The Death Penalty in Vietnam 2016

VCHR – Freedom of Religion or Belief in Vietnam: State Management of Religions

UBCV, The Movement for Religious Freedom in Vietnam (2015)

VCHR & FIDH : Violations of the Rights of Women in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

VCHR & FIDH : Violations of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Vietnam

Banned Civil Society Voices (2014)

FIDH & Vietnam Committee on Human Rights : Vietnam and Free trade Agreement negotiations: NGOs urge the EU to carry out a human rights impact assessment

Bloggers and Netizens Behind Bars: Restrictions on Internet Freedom in Vietnam (FIDH & VCHR)

Arbitrary Detention In the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Testimony by Vo Van Ai, Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Hearing on "Vietnam: Continuing Abuses of Human Rights and Religious Freedom", Washington D.C., 15 May 2012

Arbitrary Detention In the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Testimony by VCHR President Võ Văn Ái, Washington DC, May 15, 2012)

VCHR : Violations of the Rights of Ethnic and Religious Minorities in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

VCHR – Rule of Law or Rule by Law, Crime and Punishment in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Report)

FIDH & VCHR : “From “Vision” to Facts: Human Rights in Vietnam under its Chairmanship of ASEAN”

Political Stability vs Democratic Freedom ? Economic Crisis and Political Repression in Vietnam
Document of the VCHR for the Hearing on Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam of the Sub-commission on Human Rights, European Parliament (Brussels, 25 August 2008)

Prominent International Organizations issue Mission Report on Human Rights Defenders in Vietnam

VCHR : The Socialist Republic of Vietnam :
Violations of the Rights of Ethnic Minorities in the Northern and Central Highlands

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