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Restrictive legislation, internment of cyberdissidents in psychiatric hospitals and repression of freedom of expression in Vietnam exposed at the UN Human Rights Council

March 8, 2013 VCHR 0

GENEVA, 8 March 2013 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – Speaking at the 22nd session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva jointly with the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH), Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) denounced systematic and organized violations of Internet freedom …

Buddhist leader Thich Quang Do issues a Declaration on Pluralism and Democracy in Vietnam

March 6, 2013 IBIB 0

PARIS, 6 March 2013 (IBIB) – The International Buddhist Information Bureau received today a Declaration by the Most Venerable Thich Quang Do, prominent dissident and Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) on political pluralism and multi-party democracy in Vietnam. The Declaration, written on 5 March 2013, was …

Bloggers and Netizens Behind Bars: Restrictions on Internet Freedom in Vietnam

February 13, 2013 News, Press Release, VCHR 0

PARIS, 13 February 2013 (VCHR) – In a new joint report released today, FIDH and its member organization, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights, call on the Vietnamese government to end its escalating assault on freedom of expression and its criminalization of bloggers and netizens. The 42-page report, entitled “Bloggers …

22 Members of a nonviolent group condemned to harsh prison terms for “subversion” in Vietnam

February 4, 2013 News, Press Release, VCHR 0

PARIS, 4 February 2013 (VCHR) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights is profoundly shocked by the extremely harsh sentences handed down on members of a nonviolent group by the People’s Court in Phu Yen today. The group’s leader Phan Van Thu, 65, was condemned to life imprisonment and the …

Buddhist dissident Thich Quang Do is nominated for the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize and receives diplomatic visits from Germany and France

February 1, 2013 News, Press Release, VCHR 0

PARIS, 1st February 2013 (VCHR) – The Most Venerable Thich Quang Do, Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) has been nominated for the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize. The deadline for nominations to the Nobel Peace Prize Committee in Oslo expires today, 1st February 2013, and the winner …

JOINT OPEN LETTER
The Observatory & Vietnam Committee on Human Rights

January 30, 2013 Others, Resources, VCHR 0

Attn: President Truong Tan Sang, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Communist Party Secretary-General Nguyen Phu Trong January 30, 2013 Re: Arbitrary internment of Le Anh Hung in “Social Support Centre No 2” Ung Hoa, Hanoi, January 24, 2013 Your Excellencies, The Observatory for the Protection of …

Vietnamese Blogger Le Anh Hung arrested and interned in a mental institution in Hanoi

January 26, 2013 News, Press Release, VCHR 0

PARIS, 26 January 2013 (VCHR) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights strongly denounces the virtual kidnapping of Vietnamese blogger Lê Anh Hung and his internment in a mental institution in Hanoi. At 10.15am on Thursday 24 January, six secret security agents came to the company in Hung Yen where …

URGENT APPEAL – THE OBSERVATORY (Le Quoc Quan)

January 4, 2013 VCHR 0

VNM 001 / 0113 / OBS 001 Incommunicado detention / Judicial harassment Viet Nam January 4, 2013 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the …

The Most Venerable Thich Ho Giac has passed away

December 6, 2012 IBIB 0

PARIS, 30.11.2012 (IBIB) – The International Buddhist Information Bureau is sad to announce that the Most Venerable Thich Ho Giac, Deputy Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) died at the Phap Luan Temple in Houston, Texas at 6.19am on Wednesday 5 December 2012 at the end of …

The Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam holds Assembly in Saigon

December 4, 2012 IBIB 0

PARIS, 4 December 2012 (IBIB) – Leaders of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) gathered at the Giac Hoa Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) from 30 November to 1 December 2012 for a special assembly to report on activities and discuss strategies for the coming year. …