STRASBOURG, 21st November 2003 (VCHR) – At the issue of a week of meetings with a delegation of senior monks from the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) led by Mr Vo Van Ai, Director of the International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB), the 626-memberEuropean Parliament in Strasbourg unanimously voted a …
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Resolution “Vietnam: freedom of religion”20 November 2003 The European Parliament, – having regard to its previous resolutions on Vietnam, in particular those of 16 November 2000, 5 July 2001 on religious freedom in Vietnam and 15 May 2003, – having regard to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and …
Read More »PARIS, 6 May 2003 (IBIB) – Prague Catholic Bishop Vaclav Maly, President of the Justice and Peace Commission at the Czech Bishop’s Conference, former dissident and signatory of the Czech Charter 77 has sent a letter to Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong calling for the immediate release of three prominent …
Read More »PARIS, 6 May 2003 (IBIB) – For the first time since 1982, when he was arrested and placed under detention in Quang Ngai, the Most Venerable Thich Huyen Quang, Patriarch of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) has traveled to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) to meet UBCV …
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 …
Read More »PARIS, 6th June 1995 (VCHR) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights has just received an important document written by a veteran communist official in charge of religious affairs which sheds new light on the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV)’s policy towards the Buddhist Church. The document, written …
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Quê Me Quê Me: Action for democracy in Vietnam & Vietnam Committee on Human Rights