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Commemorating 20 years of the landmark UBCV protest:
1993: 40,000 Buddhists demonstrate for religious freedom in Hue

May 24, 2013 IBIB 0

PARIS, 24.5.2013 (IBIB) – Exactly 20 years ago, on 24 May 1993, a conflict between Security Police and monks of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) sparked off a spontaneous demonstration of 40,000 Buddhists in the central city of Hue, ancient capital of Vietnam and historical centre of Buddhist …

European Union deplores “mismatch” between government rhetoric and reality on religious freedom in Vietnam

May 7, 2013 VCHR 0

PARIS, 7 May 2013 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – Baroness Catherine Ashton, the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy has expressed concern about violations of the right to freedom of religion or belief in Vietnam, and in particular the “apparent mismatch between the information provided by the [Vietnamese] …

Security Police surround Giac Hoa Pagoda in Saigon

May 7, 2013 IBIB 0

PARIS, 7.5.2013 (IBIB) – The International Buddhist Information Bureau has received an urgent report from Venerable Thich Vien Hy of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) stating that 50 Security Police surrounded the Giac Hoa Pagoda, secretariat of the outlawed UBCV, on Sunday 5 May 2013 and prohibited the …

VII Ministerial Conference of the Community of Democracies in Mongolia launches Asia Democracy Network

April 29, 2013 VCHR 0

ULAANBAATAR, 29 April 2013 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – Foreign Ministers, parliamentarians, global media representatives, democracy and human rights activists from over 100 countries gathered in Ulaanbaator, for the VII Ministerial Conference of the Community of Democracies from 27-29 April 2013, hosted by Mongolia, the Community’s current President. Opened by Mongolian President …

European Parliament condemns violations of human rights, freedom of expression, religion and assembly in Vietnam

April 18, 2013 VCHR 0

STRASBOURG, 18 April 2013 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – At its plenary session in Strasburg today, the 754-member European Parliament adopted an Urgent Resolution on Vietnam strongly condemning a wide range of human rights violations and asking the EU to “assess the compatibility” of these violations with the new EU-Vietnam Partnership …

AFP : US pressed to seek rights improvements from Vietnam

April 11, 2013 Press Review 0

WASHINGTON, 11 April 2013 (AFP) – Lawmakers and activists called Thursday for the United States to press Vietnam to free dissidents and allow greater religious freedom as the two nations hold talks on human rights. The two nations hold an annual dialogue Friday in Hanoi on Vietnam’s human rights record, …

Radio Free Asia : Call to Press Vietnam at Human Rights Dialogue

April 11, 2013 Press Review 0

U.S. lawmakers and rights activists called on President Barack Obama’s administration on Thursday to pressure Vietnam to rein in abuses against bloggers, religious followers, land rights activists, and other critics on the eve of a bilateral human rights dialogue. Pointing out that this year Vietnam could end up …

US Congressional Hearing examines human rights and religious freedom violations against the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam

April 11, 2013 VCHR 0

WASHINGTON, 11 April 2013 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of Paris-based Vietnam Committee for Human Rights and International Spokesman of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) called on the United States today to raise issues of religious repression against the UBCV at the coming U.S.-Vietnam human …

Buddhist blogger Huynh Ngoc Tuan and family subjected to harassment

April 6, 2013 VCHR 0

PARIS, 6 April 2013 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – Prominent Buddhist blogger and writer Huynh Ngoc Tuan informs the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) that on 3 April 2013, he was the victim of harassment by unknown men, presumably hired hands of the local security forces. At midnight, he suddenly heard …

Trial of Doan Van Vuon and family is a travesty of justice

April 4, 2013 VCHR 0

PARIS, 4 April 2013 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) strongly denounces the grossly flawed legal process and unfair trial of fish farmer Doan Van Vuon and his family which began on 2 April and ends on 5 April in the northern province of Hai Phong. …