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As the U.S. President meets Vietnamese Prime Minister in Washington DC: President Bush should urge Vietnamese PM to legalise banned Buddhist Church and allow gravely ill UBCV Patriarch to receive medical treatment in Saigon

June 24, 2008 VCHR 0

PARIS, 24 June 2008 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS) – As the Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung embarked on a 4-day official visit in the United States from 23-26 June, and will be received at the White House by U.S. President George W. Bush today, Mr. Vo Van Ai, …

UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang is in hospital in Binh Dinh

May 31, 2008 IBIB 0

PARIS, 31 May 2008 (IBIB) – The International Budhist Information Bureau is informed that the Supreme Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) Thich Huyen Quang is seriously ill. He was admitted to the General Hospital in Quy Nhon on 27th May suffering from breathing problems due to …

Security Police intensify harassment of UBCV monks in Lam Dong – UBCV monk Thich Tri Khai is still missing

May 28, 2008 IBIB 0

PARIS, 28 May 2008 (IBIB) – The International Budhist Information Bureau has received an urgent appeal from the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) following serious harassments and intimidation by Security Police against UBCV monks in Lam Dong Province. On Tuesday (27.5.2008), Security Police surrounded the Su Tu Hong Pagoda …

As Vietnam hosts the UN Day of the Vesak in Hanoi, UBCV monk Thich Tri Khai is arrested – In Vesak Messages, Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang and Thich Quang Do urge Buddhists to stand up for human rights

May 13, 2008 IBIB 0

PARIS, 13 May 2008 (IBIB) – The International Budhist Information Bureau is deeply concerned by the disappearance and likely arrest of Buddhist monk Thich Tri Khai, Superior monk of Giac Hai Pagoda in Lam Dong province and member of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV). After Security Police …

IBIB : Vesak 2552

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IBIB : Vesak 2552

May 12, 2008 Photos 0

IBIB : Vesak 2552

May 12, 2008 Photos 0

International personalities call on Hanoi to cease religious repression and release Thich Huyen Quang, Thich Quang Do on UN Day of the Vesak in Hanoi

May 9, 2008 VCHR 0

PARIS, 9 May 2008 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – Fifty-seven prominent international personalities including a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, religious leaders from different faiths, Members of the European Parliament, the US Congress, Senators and MPs from Italy, France and the UK launched a joint appeal to the Vietnamese leadership on the occasion …

Vietnamese Buddhists worldwide call on UN Secretary General to press for release of Thich Huyen Quang and Thich Quang Do on UN Vesak Day

May 9, 2008 IBIB 0

PARIS, 9 May 2008 (IBIB) – Leaders of Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) in the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia have appealed to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to call for the release of UBCV Supreme Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang and his Deputy Thich Quang Do on …

Security Police harass UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang – Giac Hai Pagoda is seized by the State – Thich Tri Khai is missing

May 8, 2008 IBIB 0

PARIS, 8 May 2008 (IBIB) – The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) has received a Report from Venerable Thich Dong Tho, personal assistant of Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), describing an incident of Police harassment against the UBCV Patriarch at the Nguyen …