Tag Archives: UBCV

Crackdown on Buddhist Youth Movement’s Summer Camp in Huế

July 21, 2017 IBIB, Latest posts, News, Press Release, VCHR Comments Off on Crackdown on Buddhist Youth Movement’s Summer Camp in Huế

  PARIS, 21st July 2017 (VCHR – IBIB) – Police and local authorities in Huế harassed, intimidated and intercepted members of the Buddhist Youth Movement (BYM – Gia Đình Phật tử Việt Nam) as they organized the movement’s annual Summer Camp in Huế. This incident takes place as Vietnam prepares …

UBCV, The Movement for Religious Freedom in Vietnam (2015)

November 24, 2015 VCHR Reports & Publications Comments Off on UBCV, The Movement for Religious Freedom in Vietnam (2015)

Vietnam Committee denounces impediments to the visit of UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief to Vietnam

September 16, 2014 News, Press Release, VCHR Comments Off on Vietnam Committee denounces impediments to the visit of UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief to Vietnam

GENEVA, 16 September 2014 (VCHR) – Speaking at the 27th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva jointly with Acting together for Human Rights (Agir Ensemble pour les Droits de l’Homme), Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) denounced impediments to the …

Australian Ambassador Hugh Borrowman visits Buddhist Patriarch Thich Quang Do

November 30, 2012 IBIB, News, Press Release Comments Off on Australian Ambassador Hugh Borrowman visits Buddhist Patriarch Thich Quang Do

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 …

US Ambassador David Shear visits detained Buddhist Patriarch Thich Quang Do – Police in Danang beat UBCV monks and followers

August 20, 2012 IBIB, News, Press Release Comments Off on US Ambassador David Shear visits detained Buddhist Patriarch Thich Quang Do – Police in Danang beat UBCV monks and followers

PARIS, 20.8.2012 (IBIB) – The U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam, H.E. David B. Shear paid a visit to Patriarch Thich Quang Do, leader of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) at the Thanh Minh Zen Monastery in Ho Chi Minh City, along with Mr. Nicholas J.C. Snyder, Head of the …

Reuters: Detained Vietnam monk supports Tibetans after self-immolations

February 16, 2012 Press Review Comments Off on Reuters: Detained Vietnam monk supports Tibetans after self-immolations

HANOI, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Vietnam’s highest-profile religious detainee has sent a letter of support to the Dalai Lama after a series of self-immolations by Tibetans, saying China’s crackdown on Tibetan areas was a challenge to all humanity, a Buddhist group said on Thursday. Activist monk Thich Quang Do invoked …

UN expert’s report on minorities confirms the huge gap between human rights rhetoric and reality in Vietnam

March 17, 2011 News, Press Release, VCHR Comments Off on UN expert’s report on minorities confirms the huge gap between human rights rhetoric and reality in Vietnam

PARIS, 17 March 2011 (FIDH & VCHR) – The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organization, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), regret that Viet Nam has failed to cooperate in good faith with the United Nations Independent Expert on minority issues, Ms. Gay McDougall, in …

On the occasion of International Women’s Day: UBCV leader Thich Quang Do calls on three prominent women to lead a joint initiative for human rights and democracy in Vietnam

March 8, 2010 IBIB Comments Off on On the occasion of International Women’s Day: UBCV leader Thich Quang Do calls on three prominent women to lead a joint initiative for human rights and democracy in Vietnam

  PARIS, 8 March 2010 (IBIB) – The Patriarch of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) Thich Quang Do has written to three prominent women, U.S. Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, Rafto Foundation Director Therese Jebsen (Norway) and French lawyer Nathalie Muller-Sarallier, calling on them to join together in an …

AFP : Vietnam dissident Buddhist church appoints new leader

August 17, 2008 News, Press Review Comments Off on AFP : Vietnam dissident Buddhist church appoints new leader

HANOI, 17 Aug 2008 (AFP) – Dissident monk Thich Quang Do became the new leader of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) Sunday, pledging to keep up the peaceful struggle for religious and political freedom. Do, the former deputy leader, was named supreme patriarch at a ceremony held …

Vietnam bans UBCV Buddhists in Hue, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Ba Ria Vung Tau, Tien Giang, Lam Dong from celebrating Buddha’s Birth – Thich Thien Hanh prepares to hold ceremony in Hue despite government ban

May 30, 2007 Actualités, Communiqué de presse, IBIB, IBIB Comments Off on Vietnam bans UBCV Buddhists in Hue, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Ba Ria Vung Tau, Tien Giang, Lam Dong from celebrating Buddha’s Birth – Thich Thien Hanh prepares to hold ceremony in Hue despite government ban

PARIS, 30th May 2007 (IBIB) – Whereas Buddhists around the world are preparing to celebrate the 2551st Anniversary of the Birth of Buddha, or Vesak, tomorrow, 31st May 2007, the Vietnamese authorities have banned the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) from celebrating this important Buddhist event and prohibited circulation …