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Joint Statement on Viet Nam’s Transnational Repression in Thailand

While the EU recently elevated its relationship with Viet Nam to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, civic space within Viet Nam continues to shrink. This repression is no longer contained within Viet Nam’s borders. Recent high-level state visits between Thai and Vietnamese authorities have signaled a dangerous tightening of bilateral security …
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Vietnam: Briefing paper for the 14th EU-Vietnam human rights dialogue
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Vietnam: United Nations body highlights gross violations of civil and political rights
VCHR & FIDH denounce gross Violations of Civil and Political Rights in Vietnam before top UN Human Rights body

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Security Police harass UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang – Giac Hai Pagoda is seized by the State – Thich Tri Khai is missing

PARIS, 8 May 2008 (IBIB) – The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) has received a Report from Venerable Thich Dong Tho, personal assistant of Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), describing an incident of Police harassment against the UBCV Patriarch at the Nguyen …

Following the human tragedy in Burma caused by Cyclone Nargis: Buddhist dissident Thich Quang Do sends solidarity message to Aung San Suu Kyi

PARIS, 7 May 2008 (IBIB) – The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) has received a Message today from the Most Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy leader of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the Buddhist monks …

UBCV Spokesman Vo Van Ai welcomes USCIRF report and recommendation to re-designate Vietnam as a “Country of Particular Concern”

PARIS, 5 May 2008 (IBIB) – Mr. Vo Van Ai, Director of the International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) and International Spokesman of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), warmly welcomed the US International Commission on International Religious Freedom‘s report on Vietnam, made public in Washington D.C. on Friday. …

Security Police in Lam Dong force entry into UBCV Giac Hai Pagoda to prepare State-sponsored UN Vesak Day celebrations

PARIS, 3 April 2008 (IBIB) – With less than two weeks to go before the 5th United Nations Day of the Vesak (Birth, Enlightenment and Passing away of the Buddha) is celebrated in Vietnam, Security Police in Lam Dong Province continue pressure to expel UBCV monk Thich Tri Khai, Superior …

Buddhist dissident leader Thich Quang Do seeks to joins protests at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch relay in Saigon

PARIS, 29 April 2008 (IBIB) – The Most Venerable Thich Quang Do, prominent dissident and second-ranking leader of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) left house arrest to attend a rally protesting the Beijing 2008 Olympics torch relay in Ho Chi Minh City today, but found the streets …

Secret Communist Party Document orders repression against the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam

PARIS, 18 April 2008 (IBIB) – The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) has obtained a copy of a secret Communist Party document that reveals a state-orchestrated policy of repression against the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), contrasting starkly with the government’s claims of “respecting religious freedom” in Vietnam. The …