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EU and UK Ambassadors visit Thich Quang Do in Ho Chi Minh City – UBCV monk Thich Vien Phuong receives heavy fine for filming video message by Thich Quang Do to the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva

October 4, 2005 IBIB, News, Press Release 0

PARIS, 3 October 2005 (IBIB) – Ambassador Robert Gordon, the British Ambassador to Vietnam and Ambassador David Milliot, Head of the EU Delegation to Vietnam, travelled from Hanoi to visit Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy leader of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) at the Thanh Minh Zen …

European Parliament : Public hearing on human rights in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam

September 14, 2005 Press Review 0

Members of the main political opposition groups in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam voiced criticism at the absence of EU sanctions, in response to the many failures to respect human rights in those countries, at a public hearing held by the European Parliament on 12 September in Brussels. The hearing on …

On the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the End of the Vietnam War and the advent of Communist rule : The European Parliament holds Hearing on Cambodia-Laos and Vietnam

September 11, 2005 VCHR 0

The European Parliament will hold a Hearing on Monday 12th September in Brussels to examine the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. The hearing, organized by the Foreign Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on Human Rights commemorates the 30th anniversary of the End of the Vietnam War and the …

Vietnam Committee welcomes the release of prisoners, but condemns Hanoi for “stealing the lives” of religious and political dissidents in Vietnam

August 31, 2005 News, Press Release, VCHR 0

PARIS, 31 August 2005 (VCHR) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) welcomes the release of four prisoners of conscience in an Amnesty on Vietnam’s National Day (2 September), i.e. Mennonite Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang, Roman Catholic priest Nguyen Thien Phung (aka Nguyen Viet Huan, member of the Congregation …

New wave of repression against the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam

August 18, 2005 IBIB, News, Press Release 0

PARIS, August 18, 2005 (IBIB) – The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) has received an urgent communication from Vietnam concerning a new wave of repression against the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV). The repression is targeted against members of Provincial Committees recently founded by the UBCV. Over the …

UBCV Deputy leader Thich Quang Do sends message of solidarity and condolence to Hoa Hao Buddhists in Vietnam

August 10, 2005 IBIB, News, Press Release 0

PARIS, 10 August 2005 (IBIB) – Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy leader of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) has sent a message of solidarity to the Hoa Hao Buddhist sect (1) following the self-immolation of two of its members in a protest against religious persecution. According to Hoa …

AFP : Buddhist dissident urges UN to check Vietnam ‘rights abuses’

July 12, 2005 Press Review 0

Agence France Presse HANOI, July 12 (AFP) – A leading Buddhist dissident in Vietnam on Tuesday urged the United Nations to visit the communist country and monitor what he called human rights abuses. Thich Quang Do, the deputy leader of the outlawed Buddhist church in Vietnam, called on …

UBCV Deputy leader Thich Quang Do calls for UN inquiry mission on freedom of expression and religion in Vietnam

July 11, 2005 IBIB 0

Venerable Thich Quang Do, prominent dissident and Deputy leader of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) issued a statement today applauding the recent U.N. “Opinion” pronouncing UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang and himself to be victims of arbitrary detention, and urging the United Nations’ Special Rapporteurs on Freedom …

UBCV leaders Thich Huyen Quang and Thich Quang Do express sympathy to Queen Elizabeth II and Tony Blair following terrorist attacks in London

July 9, 2005 IBIB 0

The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) has received a letter from Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) to Queen Elizabeth II and from UBCV Deputy Thich Quang Do to British Prime Minister Tony Blair expressing their condolences for the deaths of innocent citizens in …

ABC Radio : Vietnam accused of human rights breach over detention of church leader

July 8, 2005 Press Review 0

A United Nations human rights agency says Vietnamese authorities are wrongfully holding the head of an outlawed Buddhist church who has been under house arrest for almost two years. The UN Working Group of Arbitrary Detention says the detention of Thich Huyen Quang, as well as his deputy …