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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 0

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 …

PERSECUTED: A Buddhist monk holds a desecrated statute at his temple in Marangaroo, Western Australia, January, 2009. He believes Hanoi was behind the attack. (Scott Johnson)

The Epoch Times: Vietnam’s Covert War Against Overseas Buddhists

January 25, 2010 FoRB, News, Opinions, Others, Press Review, Resources 0

The Epoch Times – By Scott Johnson January 26, 2010 In Vietnam hundreds of monks undergo re-education to infiltrate overseas temples with the aim to destroy the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam Vietnam has waged a brutal overt and covert war against its Buddhist population for decades. In 1981, they …

Democracy on Trial in Vietnam: Peaceful advocates receive up to 16 years jail for “subversion”

January 21, 2010 VCHR 0

PARIS, 21 January 2010 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of the Paris-based Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) strongly condemns the condemnation of four pro-democracy activists to 5-16 years in prison for so-called “activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s administration” at an unfair trial at the Ho …

Buddhist leader Thich Quang Do calls on Buddhists to aid earthquake victims in Haiti

January 16, 2010 IBIB 0

PARIS, 16 January 2010 (IBIB) – The Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) Thich Quang Do has launched an appeal to Vietnamese Buddhists worldwide to support relief efforts for victims of the devastating earthquake in Haiti. The appeal was sent from the Thanh Minh Zen Monastery in …

Vietnam Committee condemns sentence of pro-democracy activist Tran Anh Kim as a “parody of justice”

December 28, 2009 VCHR 0

PARIS, 28 December 2009 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), condemned the sentence of Vietnamese pro-democracy activist Tran Anh Kim to five and a half years in prison and 3 years probationary house arrest at a perfunctory trial of less …

Risk of death sentence in Vietnam : FIDH and VCHR demand the release of Nguyen Tien Trung

December 21, 2009 VCHR 0

PARIS, 21th December 2009 (FIDH & VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) express their deepest concern over the possible death sentence of Nguyen Tien Trung, and condemn his arrest and the charges brought against him. A pro-democracy activist …

Buddhist Delegation calls on Australia to raise persecution of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam in the upcoming Australia-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue

November 26, 2009 IBIB 0

CANBERRA, 26 November 2009 (IBIB) – At the invitation of the Australian Parliament’s Human Rights Sub-Committee, a delegation of Buddhists from the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam Overseas (UBCVO) from Europe and the USA were in Canberra today for a Briefing with the Sub-Committee on repression against Buddhists in Vietnam. …

European Parliament condemns religious persecution and human rights violations in Vietnam and Laos

November 26, 2009 VCHR 0

STRASBOURG, 26 November 2009 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – In its plenary session in Strasbourg today, the European Parliament passed a “Resolution on the Situation in Laos and Vietnam”. Adopted by an overwhelming majority, the Resolution drew a consensus of MEPs from all different political groups. The EP Resolution strongly condemned recent …

Open Letter
Vietnam: Deep concern about recent condemnation of nine pro-democracy activists

October 16, 2009 VCHR 0

H.E. Nguyen Minh Triet, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, H.E. Nguyen Tan Dung, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, H.E. Nong Duc Manh, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Vietnam Paris 16 October 2009 Your Excellency, We are writing to you to express our deep …

UBCV leader Thich Quang Do calls on Vietnamese at home and abroad to boycott Chinese goods

October 6, 2009 IBIB 0

PARIS, 6 October 2009 (IBIB) – The Most Venerable Thich Quang Do, Patriarch of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) has urged Vietnamese at home and abroad to boycott Chinese goods in a common stand for democracy in Vietnam. The UBCV leader and 2009 Nobel Peace Prize nominee, …