HANOI, 6 October 2009 (dpa) – Thich Quang Do, the dissident monk who heads the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), is calling for a Vietnamese boycott of Chinese goods, UBCV sources said Tuesday. The Paris-based International Buddhist Information Bureau, which handles press for the UBCV, said …
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Agence France Presse GENEVA, 24 sept 2009 (AFP) – Human rights campaigners on Thursday said Vietnam had rejected UN recommendations to improve rights and criticised a “climate of fear” which they said was stifling freedom of expression. The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Vietnam Committee on Human …
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GENEVA, 24 September 2009 (VCHR) – As the UN Human Rights Council met today to adopt the final report on the Universal Periodic Review of Vietnam, Mr Vo Van Ai, President of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), denounced Vietnam’s rejection of a host of essential measures proposed by …
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PARIS, 7 September 2009 (VCHR) – The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, a prominent body which reviews cases of unlawful imprisonment, has declared that several Vietnamese dissidents are wrongfully detained, in violation of international human rights laws. They include blogger Nguyen Hoang Hai (Dieu Cay), writer Nguyen Xuan …
Read More »PARIS, 23 July 2009 (IBIB) – This morning, Security Police arrested Venerable Thich Vien Dinh, Secretary General of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) in Binh Dinh Province, where he had come to attend a Memorial Service for the late UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang. According to the …
Read More »CANBERRA, 17 June 2009 (IBIB) – Mr. Vo Van Ai, International spokesman of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) and a delegation of senior dignitaries from the Overseas UBCV from the USA, Canada and Australia visited the Australian Parliament today to warn of current threats to Vietnamese sovereignty and …
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Read More »PARIS, 16 May 2009 (IBIB) – A delegation from the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) visited Patriarch Thich Quang Do of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam today (Saturday 16 May) at the Thanh Minh Zen Monastery in Saigon. The delegation included USCIRF Vice-Chairman Michael Cromartie, David Dettoni, …
Read More »GENEVA, 13 May 2009 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights expresses deep disappointment at the report of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Vietnam issued by the UN Human Rights Council’s UPR Working Group on Tuesday, 12th May 2009. Whilst accepting some general recommendations on the promotion …
Read More »* Exiles and rights activists accuse Vietnam of crackdowns * Report issued as Vietnam in dock at U.N. rights forum * Large demonstration to coincide with rare scrutiny GENEVA, May 8 (Reuters) – Vietnamese exiles backed by a major international human rights group accused Vietnam on Friday of …
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