OPEN LETTER
on the banning of Buddhist monks from paying New Year’s visits and administrative detention by “verbal order”
Buddhist Era 2548 VTT/TT To : Mr. Nong Duc Manh, Secretary-general of the Communist Party of Vietnam Mr. Tran Duc Luong, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Mr. Phan Van Khai, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Mr. Nguyen Van An, President of the SRV National Assembly Dear …
Read More »dpa : Vietnam rejects claims that monk was prevented from travelling
HANOI, February 18, 2005 (dpa) – Vietnam strongly denied Friday claims by a rights group that a dissident Buddhist monk has been prevented from travelling during recent new year celebrations. The information arm of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam said Wednesday that monks and activists had …
Read More »Security Police prevent Buddhist dissident Thich Quang Do from paying a New Year’s visit to Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang
The International Buddhist Information Bureau is informed that Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy Head of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) was prevented by Security Police from setting off today to Binh Dinh province (central Vietnam) with a delegation of UBCV monks to pay a traditional Lunar New …
Read More »AFP : Religious dissident in Vietnam launches call for democracy
HANOI, Feb 11, 2005 (AFP) – A prominent religious dissident has called on Vietnamese authorities and intellectuals to build up democracy and pluralism in the communist country, an exiled group said. The Paris-based International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB), the communication arm of the main dissident buddhist church in Vietnam, said …
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