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International personalities and over 4,000 Buddhists celebrate the consecration of Most Venerable Thich Quang Do Fifth Supreme Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam

November 29, 2011 IBIB 0

PARIS, 29 November 2011 (IBIB) – The Most Venerable Thich Quang Do, prominent dissident and 2012 Nobel Peace Prize nominee was consecrated Fifth Supreme Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) at the UBCVs 9th Congress from 18-20 November 2011. Because of continuous government repression against the outlawed …

Ms. Marietje Schaake, MEP: Video message to the IXth UBCV Congress

November 20, 2011 Countries & international organisations, Videos 0

Good afternoon My name is Marietje Schaake, I am a Member of the European Parliament from the Netherlands. I am very sorry I cannot join you today in California today but hopefully I can contribute to your discussion through this short video message. In the European Parliament my focus …

Buddhist leader Thich Quang Do: Democracy alone can protect Vietnamese sovereignty from Chinese encroachment

October 31, 2011 IBIB 0

PARIS, 31 October 2011 (IBIB) – The International Buddhist Information Bureau in Paris has received an Open Letter from the Most Venerable Thich Quang Do, prominent dissident and leader of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) to Vietnamese Communist Party Secretary-general Nguyen Phu Trong. The letter denounced the …

Nobel Peace Laureate joins Appeal to end Death Penalty in Vietnam

October 11, 2011 VCHR 0

PARIS, 11 October 2011 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – International personalities and organizations have joined the appeal launched on the 9th World Day against the Death Penalty by Quê Me: Action for Democracy in Vietnam and the Vietnam Committee for Human Rights (VCHR) for an end to capital punishment in Vietnam (1). …

9th World Day against the Death Penalty:
Vietnam makes the Death Penalty “more humane”

October 10, 2011 VCHR 0

PARIS, 10 October 2011 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – As abolitionists around the world mark the 9th World Day against the Death Penalty on 10th October 2011 under this year’s theme, “the Inhumanity of the Death Penalty”, Paris-based Quê Me: Action for Democracy in Vietnam and the Vietnam Committee for Human Rights …

At the 18th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council: Vietnam Committee denounces repression of peaceful anti-China protests and calls for repeal of anti-demonstration laws in Vietnam

September 15, 2011 VCHR 0

GENEVA, 15 September 2011 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – Speaking on behalf of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) and Agir Ensemble pour les Droits de l’Homme at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva today, Mr. Vo Tran Nhat called on Vietnam to cease recent repression of peaceful demonstrations, …

Conversation with Vo Van Ai, President and Founder of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR)

September 1, 2011 News, Press Release, VCHR 0

PARIS, 23 August 2011 (FIDH) – On June 24, 2011, Vo Van Ai, President and Founder of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), a member organization of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), was awarded the 9th Special Prize for Freedom by the Italian organisation Società Libera. The …

At the 6th Ministerial Meeting of the Community of Democracies: Global Civil society Leaders Urge Support for Democratization in Vietnam

July 1, 2011 VCHR 0

VILNIUS, 1st July 2011 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – Governmental delegations from 100 democratic countries and over 120 civil society leaders and democracy activists from all over the world met together in Vilnius for the 6th Ministerial Meeting of the Community of Democracies on 1st July 2011 to discuss strategies for strengthening …

Vo Van Ai to receive 2011 “International Special Award to Freedom”

June 22, 2011 News, Press Release, VCHR 0

PARIS, 22 June 2011 (VCHR) – Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of Quê Me: Action for Democracy in Vietnam & Vietnam Committee on Human Rights will receive the “9th International Special Award to Freedom” at a ceremony in Lucca, Italy on Friday 24, June 2011 for his lifelong service to …

Security Police prevent Buddhist leader Thich Quang Do and UBCV monks from joining anti-China demonstrations in Saigon

June 6, 2011 IBIB 0

PARIS, 6 June 2011 (IBIB) – The Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) has informed the International Buddhist Information Bureau in Paris that Security Police in Saigon blockaded UBCV Pagodas all over Saigon from early on Sunday morning (5th June 2011) until night, and prevented Venerable Thich Quang Do and …