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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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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PARIS, 3 April 2016 (VCHR) – Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) is disturbed by reports of Police brutality against Hoa Hao Buddhists in the southern province of An Giang as they gathered to commemorate the 69th Anniversary of the death of the prophet Huynh Phu So. The founder …
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PARIS, 24.2.2016 (VCHR) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) described a pattern of grave violations of religious freedom in Vietnam at the Asia Pacific Religious Freedom Forum (APRFF), a high-level gathering of international personalities and organizations engaged in the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief. …
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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 …
Read More »PARIS, August 18, 2005 (IBIB) – The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) has received an urgent communication from Vietnam concerning a new wave of repression against the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV). The repression is targeted against members of Provincial Committees recently founded by the UBCV. Over the …
Read More »HANOI, February 15, 2001 (dpa) – Vietnam on Thursday criticised a U.S. review into religious freedom in the communist-ruled nation, calling it an “unacceptable” interference in Vietnam’s internal affairs. “That the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom gives itself the right to pass judgments on religious situations in other countries …
Read More »WASHINGTON, February 14, 2001 (AP) -The U.S. government should press for an end to religious persecution in Vietnam as it moves toward a greater trade relationship with the Southeast Asian nation, religious leaders said Tuesday. Even before they spoke they were blasted by the ruling party newspaper in Hanoi for …
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