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Security Police arrest Buddhist monk Thich Nguyen Vuong outside Thich Quang Do’s Monastery in Saigon
The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) is informed that Security Police in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) arrested Buddhist monk Thich Nguyen Vuong, member of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) this morning as he left Thanh Minh Zen Monastery after visiting the UBCV Deputy leader Thich Quang …
Read More »AFP : Detained Vietnamese dissident urges democracy in smuggled message
Agence France Presse GENEVA, Apr 5, 2005 (AFP) – Leading Vietnamese dissident Thich Quang Do said in a message smuggled out of Vietnam Tuesday that the government could not hold back the peaceful struggle for democracy in the country. A transcript of the «secret» message from the Buddhist …
Read More »Reuters : Vietnam dissident monk makes rare public plea
GENEVA, Apr 5 (Reuters) A leader of a banned Vietnamese Buddhist group pleaded today for an end to religious and political persecution in his country in a rare public message smuggled to the U.N.’s top human rights body. In a taped recording made secretly at the Saigon monastery …
Read More »At the 61st Session of the UN Commission Human Rights : Vo Van Ai denounces Vietnam’s secret service GD2 and reveals a Communist Party instruction manual on religious repression
PALAIS DES NATIONS, GENEVA, 5 April 2005 (VCHR) – Speaking at the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva today, Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of the Paris-based Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) and Vice-President of the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) condemned the institutionalisation of State repression …
Read More »AFP : Exile group says Buddhist monk arrested in Vietnam
HANOI, March 31 (AFP) – A Buddhist monk was arrested in Ho Chi Minh City after he visited the deputy leader of the dissident Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, an exile group based in France said Thursday. Thich Vien Phuong was held Wednesday after he left the Thanh …
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Message from Very Venerable Thich Quang Do to the UN Commission on Human Rights
This Message by the Very Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy leader of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, is addressed to the 61st Session of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights in Geneva. It was originally recorded on video, filmed secretly at the Thanh Minh Zen Monastery in Saigon …
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