Quê Me Quê Me: Action for democracy in Vietnam & Vietnam Committee on Human Rights
Vietnamese Buddhists worldwide call on UN Secretary General to press for release of Thich Huyen Quang and Thich Quang Do on UN Vesak Day
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 …
Read More »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
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 …
Read More »Security Police harass UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang – Giac Hai Pagoda is seized by the State – Thich Tri Khai is missing
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 …
Read More »Following the human tragedy in Burma caused by Cyclone Nargis: Buddhist dissident Thich Quang Do sends solidarity message to Aung San Suu Kyi
PARIS, 7 May 2008 (IBIB) – The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) has received a Message today from the Most Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy leader of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the Buddhist monks …
Read More »UBCV Spokesman Vo Van Ai welcomes USCIRF report and recommendation to re-designate Vietnam as a “Country of Particular Concern”
PARIS, 5 May 2008 (IBIB) – 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 US International Commission on International Religious Freedom‘s report on Vietnam, made public in Washington D.C. on Friday. …
Read More »Security Police in Lam Dong force entry into UBCV Giac Hai Pagoda to prepare State-sponsored UN Vesak Day celebrations
PARIS, 3 April 2008 (IBIB) – With less than two weeks to go before the 5th United Nations Day of the Vesak (Birth, Enlightenment and Passing away of the Buddha) is celebrated in Vietnam, Security Police in Lam Dong Province continue pressure to expel UBCV monk Thich Tri Khai, Superior …
Read More »Buddhist dissident leader Thich Quang Do seeks to joins protests at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch relay in Saigon
PARIS, 29 April 2008 (IBIB) – The Most Venerable Thich Quang Do, prominent dissident and second-ranking leader of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) left house arrest to attend a rally protesting the Beijing 2008 Olympics torch relay in Ho Chi Minh City today, but found the streets …
Read More »Secret Communist Party Document orders repression against the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam
PARIS, 18 April 2008 (IBIB) – The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) has obtained a copy of a secret Communist Party document that reveals a state-orchestrated policy of repression against the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), contrasting starkly with the government’s claims of “respecting religious freedom” in Vietnam. The …
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