PARIS, 15h May 2017 (VCHR) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) strongly protests the inhumane attitude of the Vietnamese government regarding Most Venerable Thích Quảng Độ, 89 year-old Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV). According to reports received from the UBCV, Thích Quảng Độ, who …
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PARIS, 9th March 2017 (VCHR) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) welcomes the US State Department’s 2016 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices released on 3rd March 2017. The report’s 58-page chapter on Vietnam makes a severe appraisal of the human rights situation, documenting widespread abuses and “severe …
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Conference on Religious Freedom in Vietnam: Its Importance for Regional and Global Security – Washington DC, 12 September 2016 Religious Freedom in Vietnam: Its Importance for Regional and Global Security September 12th Event (Hudson Institute) Programme: Speeches: Opening Remarks by Võ Văn Ái, Conference on Religious Freedom in …
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Opening Remarks Hudson Institute, Center for Religious Freedom September 12, 2016 Distinguished Guests, Dear Friends, and for my Compatriots may I say Kính bạch Chư Tôn đức, kính chào Quý đồng bào, đồng hương I am very happy to welcome you to this extraordinary Conference today. For me, it …
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PARIS, 2 May 2016 (VCHR) – For the sixteenth consecutive year, since 2001, Vietnam is on a blacklist of countries singled out by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) for “systematic, ongoing and egregious violations” of freedom of religion or belief. USCIRF recommends that Vietnam be designated …
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Vice-President of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), Penelope Faulkner, speaks to CIVICUS about the current challenges faced by civil society in Vietnam and the role of international solidarity networks in supporting the creation of a safe and enabling environment for human rights defenders. 1) Over the past …
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Hanoi, Viet Nam 31 July 2014 Introduction In my capacity as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, I was invited by the Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam to conduct a country visit from 21 to 31 July 2014. First of all, I …
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PARIS, 30 November 2012 (IBIB) – H.E. Hugh Borrowman, Australian Ambassador to Vietnam paid a visit on Thursday 29 November to the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam’s Supreme Patriarch Thich Quang Do, 84, at the Thanh Minh Zen Monastery in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) where the UBCV leader and …
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ARBITRARY DETENTION OF PRO-DEMOCRACY AND RELIGIOUS ACTIVISTS IN VIETNAM Testimony by VO VAN AI President, Quê Me: Action for Democracy in Vietnam & Vietnam Committee on Human Rights Honorable Chairman, Distinguished Members of Congress, Thank you for giving me this opportunity to testify at this important hearing and express …
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Quê Me Quê Me: Action for democracy in Vietnam & Vietnam Committee on Human Rights