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Prominent European M.P. Olivier Dupuis stages sit-in inside Thanh Minh Zen Monastery in solidarity with detained Buddhist monk Thich Quang Do

PARIS, 6 June 2001 (VCHR) – Mr Olivier Dupuis, Member of the European Parliament and Secretary-general of the Transnational Radical Party is staging a sit-in today inside the Thanh Minh Zen Monastery at 90 Tran Huy Lieu Street, Phu Nhuan Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, to protest Vietnam’s arbitrary detention …

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Appeal for Democracy in Vietnam by Thich Quang Do (extracts) 21.2.2001

As the Vietnamese Communist Party launched consultations on the political platform of its Ninth Party Congress, Venerable Thich Quang Do addressed an “Appeal for democracy in Vietnam” to VCP Secretary-general Le Kha Phieu, President Tran Duc Luong, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai and National Assembly President Nong Duc Manh. The …

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Appeal for Democracy in Vietnam by Thich Quang Do (full text)

Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam APPEAL FOR DEMOCRACY IN VIETNAM on the occasion of the 4880th Anniversary of our founding Fathers the Hung Kings and the dawning of the Third Millennium Buddhism came into the world to deliver all creatures from suffering. The emergence of Buddhism 2,544 years ago represented …

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“Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s” : A High ranking Communist official denounces the CPV’s policy to neutralise the Unified Buddhist Church of Viet Nam – Thich Tri Quang’s position on Buddhist reunification

  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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