Thich Quang Do is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, rights advocate, and outspoken critic of the Vietnamese government. Since 2008, Thich Quang Do has been the patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), an organization banned by the government. Through petitions, Thich Quang Do has peacefully campaigned for …
Read More »JAKARTA, 18 April 2010 (QUE ME) – Under the theme of “Solidarity Across Cultures: Working Together for Democracy”, 633 democracy activists and practitioners from 110 countries in Asia, Europe, the Americas, Africa and Australia gathered in Jakarta, Indonesia for the 6th Assembly of the World Movement for Democracy from 11 …
Read More »YEREVAN, Armenia, 10 April 2010 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – Members of 164 leagues from Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe, meeting in Yerevan, Armenia from 6 to 10 April 2010 for the 37th Congress of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) adopted an Urgent Resolution condemning human rights abuses in …
Read More »PARIS, 23 March 2010 (IBIB) – In a Written Submission to a Congressional Hearing on Human Rights and Religious Freedom in Vietnam at the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in Washington DC today, Mr. Vo Van Ai, International Spokesman of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) told Congress of …
Read More »GENEVA, 16 March 2010 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – Speaking on behalf of the France-based Vietnam Committee on Human Rights and Agir Ensemble pour les Droits de l’Homme (Working Together for Human Rights), Mr. Vo Tran Nhat told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva today that the double language and systematic …
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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 …
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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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
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