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At the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Global Civil Society Democracy Movement condemns repression of peaceful demonstrations in Vietnam

September 26, 2008 VCHR Comments Off on At the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Global Civil Society Democracy Movement condemns repression of peaceful demonstrations in Vietnam

NEW YORK, 26 September 2008 (IBIB) – Addressing Ministers of over 100 member-states of the United Nations Democracy Caucus meeting at the UN General Assembly in New York today (Friday 26th September), the Non-governmental International Steering Committee of the Community of Democracies (ISC/CD) condemned the recent arrests and repression of …

50 years after PM Pham Van Dong recognizes Chinese claims to Spratly and Paracel Islands:
Buddhist leader Thich Quang Do calls on Hanoi to reject “anti-Vietnamese” pact and defend territorial integrity

September 15, 2008 IBIB Comments Off on 50 years after PM Pham Van Dong recognizes Chinese claims to Spratly and Paracel Islands:
Buddhist leader Thich Quang Do calls on Hanoi to reject “anti-Vietnamese” pact and defend territorial integrity

PARIS, 15 September 2008 (IBIB) – On the 50th Anniversary of a diplomatic note by North Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Van Dong accepting China’s claims of sovereignty over the Paracel and Spratly Islands, the new leader of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), Patriarch Thich Quang Do has called …

Buddhist Review Tricycle examines the situation of Buddhism in Vietnam

September 12, 2008 FoRB, IBIB, News, Press Release Comments Off on Buddhist Review Tricycle examines the situation of Buddhism in Vietnam

PARIS, 12 September 2008 (IBIB) – The International Buddhist Information Bureau is pleased to introduce the following article by Jared Roscoe, “Buddhism, Under Vietnam’s Thumb”, published online by the Tricycle Buddhist Review in August 2008. The article discusses two different approaches on how to tackle religious repression in Vietnam. On …

U.S. officials visit UBCV Patriarch Thich Quang Do in Saigon

September 3, 2008 IBIB Comments Off on U.S. officials visit UBCV Patriarch Thich Quang Do in Saigon

PARIS, 3 September 2008 (IBIB) – A delegation of U.S. officials including Ms Katia Bennett, Political Officer of the US Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) and Laura Carey of the US State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour in Washington DC visited the new UBCV …

Vo Van Ai notes the failure of Vietnam’s “renovation” policy and urges Hanoi to recognize the role of civil society and human rights in national development at a Hearing in the European Parliament on Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia

September 2, 2008 VCHR Comments Off on Vo Van Ai notes the failure of Vietnam’s “renovation” policy and urges Hanoi to recognize the role of civil society and human rights in national development at a Hearing in the European Parliament on Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia

PARIS, 2nd September 2008 (Vietnam Committee on Human Rights) – From 25-29 August 2008, Vo Van Ai, President of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights and International Spokesman of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) met European Commission officials and members of the European Parliament in Brussels to press …

UBCV Spokesman Vo Van Ai welcomes new report by US Commission on International Religious Freedom on abuses of religious freedom in Vietnam

September 1, 2008 IBIB Comments Off on UBCV Spokesman Vo Van Ai welcomes new report by US Commission on International Religious Freedom on abuses of religious freedom in Vietnam

Paris, 1st September 2008 (International Buddhist Information Bureau) – Mr. Vo Van Ai, Director of the International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) and International Spokesman of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), warmly welcomed the “Vietnam Policy Focus” issued by the US International Commission on International Religious Freedom. This …

Tricycle : Buddhism, Under Vietnam’s Thumb

August 27, 2008 FoRB, News, Opinions, Press Review Comments Off on Tricycle : Buddhism, Under Vietnam’s Thumb

Thich Nhat Hanh and the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam both want the state of religious repression to change. They have very different ideas of how to help. By Jared RoscoTricycle – August 27, 2008 After nearly forty years in exile, the world’s second-most-famous Buddhist, Thich Nhat Hanh, returned to …

AFP : Vietnam dissident Buddhist church appoints new leader

August 17, 2008 News, Press Review Comments Off on AFP : Vietnam dissident Buddhist church appoints new leader

HANOI, 17 Aug 2008 (AFP) – Dissident monk Thich Quang Do became the new leader of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) Sunday, pledging to keep up the peaceful struggle for religious and political freedom. Do, the former deputy leader, was named supreme patriarch at a ceremony held …

AFP : Thich Quang Do, Vietnam’s Buddhist voice for democracy

August 17, 2008 Press Review Comments Off on AFP : Thich Quang Do, Vietnam’s Buddhist voice for democracy

Agence France Presse HANOI, 17 Aug 2008 (AFP) – Dissident Buddhist monk Thich Quang Do, who Sunday became head of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), has spent decades under “pagoda arrest” for his pursuit of justice. Now aged 79 and based at the Thanh Minh Zen monastery …

Thich Quang Do is appointed new leader of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam

August 17, 2008 IBIB, News, Press Release Comments Off on Thich Quang Do is appointed new leader of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam

HOUSTON, 17th August 2008 (IBIB) – At a ceremony marking the 49th day of the death of Supreme Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam held in Houston, Texas today, leaders of the Overseas UBCV made public the late Patriarch’s last will and testament in which …