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Last Message from Buddhist Patriarch Thích Quảng Độ on religious freedom, democracy and human rights

PARIS, 11th March 2020 (VCHR-IBIB): In remembrance of the Most Venerable Thích Quảng Độ, renowned dissident and Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) who died in Saigon last month, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) and the International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) wish to present this …

Authorities in Hue impede members of the US Consulate from meeting UBCV monk Thich Thien Hanh at Bao Quoc Pagoda

The International Buddhist International Information Bureau (IBIB) has received a copy of a letter (dated 2.4.2004) from Venerable Thich Thien Hanh, senior monk of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) to the Communist authorities in Hue protesting incidents on March 29th 2004 in which members of the US Consulate …

VCP Secretary-general Nong Duc Manh visits European Commission in Brussels :
Vietnam Committee and prominent Euro MPs urge Romano Prodi to demand the release of Thich Huyen Quang, Thich Quang Do and Pham Quê Duong

Whilst the Vietnamese Communist Party Secretary-general Nong Duc Manh made an extremely “discrete” visit to Brussels today, Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of the Paris-based Vietnam Committee on Human Rights sent a letter to EC President Romano Prodi calling on him to raise Vietnam’s serious human rights violations during their …

35th Congress of the FIDH in Quito (Equador) calls for the release of Thich Huyen Quang, Thich Quang Do and Pham Quê Duong

At the 35th triennial Congress of the Paris-based International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH) held in Quito, Equador, from 2-6 March 2004 – the very first to be held in Latin America since the FIDH was founded in 1922 – 144 human rights leagues from 110 countries around the …

U.S. State Department Report fails to reflect on-going religious repression against the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam

Mr Vo Van Ai, International Spokesman of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) and President of the International Buddhist International Information Bureau (IBIB) welcomed the 2003 annual report on human rights published by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour on Thursday. But, he said, …

In a Message to Vietnamese Buddhists for the Lunar New Year (Têt) :
UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang calls on Buddhists to brave persecution and pursue the non-violent movement for religious freedom and human rights

The Most Venerable Thich Huyen Quang, Patriarch of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) has sent a Message to Vietnamese Buddhists on the occasion of the Lunar New Year of the Monkey today, 22nd January 2004. The Message was sent clandestinely from the Nguyen Thieu Monastery in Binh …

Venerable Thich Quang Do is gravely ill under house arrest in Saigon – Buddhists stage protest against religious repression outside Vietnamese Consulate in San Francisco

The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) has received alarming reports on the serious health condition of Venerable Thich Quang Do, 2003 Nobel Peace Prize nominee and Deputy leader of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), who is currently under effective house arrest at the Thann Minh Zen Monastery …

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Last Message from Buddhist Patriarch Thích Quảng Độ on religious freedom, democracy and human rights

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News

Authorities in Hue impede members of the US Consulate from meeting UBCV monk Thich Thien Hanh at Bao Quoc Pagoda

VCP Secretary-general Nong Duc Manh visits European Commission in Brussels :
Vietnam Committee and prominent Euro MPs urge Romano Prodi to demand the release of Thich Huyen Quang, Thich Quang Do and Pham Quê Duong

35th Congress of the FIDH in Quito (Equador) calls for the release of Thich Huyen Quang, Thich Quang Do and Pham Quê Duong

U.S. State Department Report fails to reflect on-going religious repression against the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam

In a Message to Vietnamese Buddhists for the Lunar New Year (Têt) :
UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang calls on Buddhists to brave persecution and pursue the non-violent movement for religious freedom and human rights

Venerable Thich Quang Do is gravely ill under house arrest in Saigon – Buddhists stage protest against religious repression outside Vietnamese Consulate in San Francisco

VCHR Reports

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

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

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

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)

Videos

Message from the Most Venerable Thích Quảng Độ to the Conference “Vietnamese and Tibetan Buddhism under threat” (11 July 2018)

40,000 Buddhists demonstrate in Hue (24/05/1993)

Religious Freedom in Vietnam: Its importance for Regional and Global Security (Washington DC, 12 September 2016)

World Watch Monitor: Vietnam’s new Religion Law aims to repress, control

World Watch Monitor: Vietnam’s relationship with EU and US, and its impact on religious freedom

VCHR’s Oral Statement before the UN Human Rights Council (20 June 2014) (in French)

MEP Schaake speaks at IBIB Conference on violations of Internet freedom in Vietnam (Houston, Texas, 6 June 2013)

Ms. Marietje Schaake, MEP: Video message to the IXth UBCV Congress

Thich Quang Do – Forbidden Faith in Vietnam (Oslo Freedom Forum, 28 April 2010)

Vo Van Ai – The Impact of Indifference (Oslo Freedom Forum, 20 May 2009)

Message from Very Venerable Thich Quang Do to the UN Commission on Human Rights