PARIS, 28 September 2006 (IBIB) – The International Buddhist information Bureau is informed that the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) Supreme Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang is being taken to a hospital in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) for treatment today. The UBCV Patriarch left Binh Dinh Hospital in an …
Read More »The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) has received urgent information that Security Police have expelled Buddhist nun Thich Nu Thong Man and all her novices from Dich Quang Pagoda in Ninh Hoa district in the central province of Khanh Hoa. Mr. Nguyen Van Ba, head of the local village authorities, …
Read More »The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) has received an urgent appeal for assistance from members of the provincial representative board of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) in the central province of Khanh Hoa. They report that local officials and Police have expelled Buddhist nun Thich Nu Thong Man …
Read More »I wish to hail the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam on this thirtieth anniversary of its nonviolent struggle for religious freedom, human rights and democracy. Although I cannot be present, I want you all to know that your cause is close to my heart, and I will not …
Read More »Mr Vo Van Ai, Director of the International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) and International Spokesman of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) welcomed the announcement by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to maintain Vietnam on a list of eight “Countries of Particular Concern” (CPCs) for its grave …
Read More »WASHINGTON, 28th October 2005 (IBIB) – Testifying on behalf of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) at a Congressional hearing on religious freedom in Vietnam on Wednesday October 26, Mr. Vo Van Ai, UBCV International Spokesman and Director of the International Buddhist Information Bureau, gave evidence of “continuing abuses …
Read More »CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES Congressional Caucus on Vietnam & Congressional Caucus on Human Rights Joint Members briefing on VIETNAM : ONGOING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM VIOLATIONS Wednesday, October 26, 2005 2200 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington D.C. Testimony by VO VAN AI Overseas Spokesman of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam Director …
Read More »The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) has received urgent information from the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) that a delegation of UBCV monks from Hue was intercepted this morning by Security Police as they sought to pay a visit to UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang at the Nguyen Thieu …
Read More »As Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai embarks on his first official visit to the United States of America, Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of the Paris-based Vietnam Committee on Human Rights has sent a letter to U.S. President George W. Bush calling on him to press for concrete progress …
Read More »PARIS, 25 March 2005 (IBIB) – Buddhist monk Thich Thien Minh, member of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) released in a government amnesty after 26 years in re-education camp, sent an urgent communication to the International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) this morning reporting that he is the victim …
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