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Open Letter to Heads of State at the APEC Summit in Hanoi, 17-19 November 2006 : “Sustainable development requires a free press, free trade unions and independent NGOs” : World leaders at APEC Summit must press Vietnam to initiate a process of political reform

November 13, 2006 VCHR Comments Off on Open Letter to Heads of State at the APEC Summit in Hanoi, 17-19 November 2006 : “Sustainable development requires a free press, free trade unions and independent NGOs” : World leaders at APEC Summit must press Vietnam to initiate a process of political reform

Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of the Paris-based Quê Me : Vietnam Committee on Human Rights has sent an Open Letter to the Heads of State of 21 Member Economies meeting in Hanoi for the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit from 17-19 November 2006. The members are Australia ; Brunei Darussalam ; …

Vo Van Ai receives 2006 Rafto Prize in Bergen, Norway on behalf of Buddhist dissident Venerable Thich Quang Do

November 7, 2006 IBIB, News, Press Release Comments Off on Vo Van Ai receives 2006 Rafto Prize in Bergen, Norway on behalf of Buddhist dissident Venerable Thich Quang Do

PARIS, 6 November 2006 (BIIB) – The Rafto Foundation in Bergen, Norway, awarded the 20th 2006 Professor Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize to Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy leader of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) “for his personal courage and perseverance through three decades of peaceful opposition against …

IBIB : Vo Van Ai receives 2006 Rafto Prize on behalf of Thich Quang Do

November 6, 2006 Photos Comments Off on IBIB : Vo Van Ai receives 2006 Rafto Prize on behalf of Thich Quang Do

  Vo Van Ai receives 2006 Rafto Prize on behalf of Thich Quang Do

DPA : Vietnam critical of human rights prize for Buddhist monk

November 1, 2006 Press Review Comments Off on DPA : Vietnam critical of human rights prize for Buddhist monk

    Ho Chi Minh City/Oslo, Nov 1, 2006 (dpa) – Communist-run Vietnam on Wednesday dismissed an international human rights prize for a leading monk of a banned Buddhist sect as “completely inappropriate,” state media reported. Thich Quang Do, 77, a pro-democracy activist and deputy patriarch of the Unified Buddhist …

AFP : Vietnam monk fears exile if he travels to accept human rights prize

October 31, 2006 Press Review Comments Off on AFP : Vietnam monk fears exile if he travels to accept human rights prize

HANOI, Oct 31, 2006 (AFP) – A Vietnamese Buddhist monk will not travel to Norway this week to receive the Rafto human rights award because he fears he would be banned from returning to his homeland, his supporters said Tuesday. Thich Quang Do, a 77-year-old monk who has been under …

Thich Quang Do cannot travel to Norway to receive the 2006 Rafto Prize

October 31, 2006 IBIB Comments Off on Thich Quang Do cannot travel to Norway to receive the 2006 Rafto Prize

PARIS, 31 October 2006 (IBIB) – Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy leader of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), has sent a letter to the Rafto Foundation in Bergen, Norway, to say that he cannot travel to Norway to receive the 2006 Professor Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize, awarded …

Dissidents in Vietnam welcome Norway’s Rafto Prize 2006 for Thich Quang Do

October 27, 2006 IBIB Comments Off on Dissidents in Vietnam welcome Norway’s Rafto Prize 2006 for Thich Quang Do

PARIS, October 27, 2006 (IBIB) – The Norwegian Rafto Foundation announced on 21st September that Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy leader of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), will receive the 2006 Professor Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize for his contribution to human rights and as a “unifying force” …

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UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang leaves hospital today

October 16, 2006 IBIB Comments Off on UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang leaves hospital today

The International Buddhist Information Bureau is happy to announce that the Supreme Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) Thich Huyen Quang left the French-Vietnamese hospital in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) today. He is now under convalescence at the Giac Hoa Pagoda in Binh Thanh Ward (Saigon), …

UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang is transferred to a private clinic in Ho Chi Minh City

October 1, 2006 IBIB Comments Off on UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang is transferred to a private clinic in Ho Chi Minh City

PARIS, 1st October 2006 (IBIB) – The Supreme Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) was transferred from the Cho Ray State hospital to a private clinic in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) today, 1st October 2006. UBCV Deputy leader Thich Quang Do and a …