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Security Police assault Thich Quang Do in clash to prevent UBCV monks holding Buddhist celebration in Saigon – State media launches vilification campaign against Thich Quang Do and UBCV provincial committees

PARIS, 20 November 2005 (IBIB) – At 8.00 am (Vietnam time) on Saturday 19th November 2005, Security Police clashed with Buddhists at the Thanh Minh Zen Monastery and physically assaulted Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy leader of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV). Thich Quang Do was leaving …

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UBCV Deputy leader Thich Quang Do sends message of solidarity and condolence to Hoa Hao Buddhists in Vietnam

PARIS, 10 August 2005 (IBIB) – Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy leader of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) has sent a message of solidarity to the Hoa Hao Buddhist sect (1) following the self-immolation of two of its members in a protest against religious persecution. According to Hoa …

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UN Opinion 18/2005 on arbitrary detention of Thich Huyen Quang and Thich Quang Do

OPINION No. 18/2005 (VIETNAM) Communication : addressed to the Government on 1 December 2004 Concerning : Thich Quang Do (Dang Phuc Thue) and Thich Huyen Quang (Le Dinh Nhan) The State ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1. The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention was established by resolution 1991/42 …

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AFP : Exile group says Buddhist monk arrested in Vietnam

    HANOI, March 31 (AFP) – A Buddhist monk was arrested in Ho Chi Minh City after he visited the deputy leader of the dissident Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, an exile group based in France said Thursday. Thich Vien Phuong was held Wednesday after he left the Thanh …

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Thich Nhat Hanh seeks to meet UBCV dignitaries Thich Quang Do and Thich Tue Sy

PARIS, 26 January 2005 (IBIB) – The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) is informed by monks from the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) of their distress regarding the brash methods employed by Thich Nhat Hanh and his followers to obtain a meeting with the UBCV Deputy leader, Very …

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Hanoi fails in attempt to stifle NGO freedom of speech at the United Nations

PARIS, 24 July 2004 (VCHR) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights warmly welcomes the decision taken by the UN Economic and Social Council (Ecosoc) meeting at the UN headquarters in New York on Friday 23 July to reject a recommendation filed by Vietnam to suspend the consultative status of …

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

QUITO (Equador), 8 March 2004 (VCHR) – 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 …

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European Parliament passes an Urgent Resolution condemning Vietnam’s crackdown on Buddhists and urging the immediate release of Thich Huyen Quang and Thich Quang Do

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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European Parliament resolution : “Vietnam: freedom of religion”

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 …

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