Quê Me Quê Me: Action for democracy in Vietnam & Vietnam Committee on Human Rights
Cambodian Opposition leader Sam Rainsy stripped of immunity : a step backwards for Cambodian democracy
Forum Asia Democracy is alarmed to learn that Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy and two M.P.s from the Sam Rainsy Party, Chea Poch and Cheam Channy, have been stripped of their parliamentary immunity. The Cambodian National Assembly took the vote on 3 February 2005, after instructing foreign diplomats, ONGs and …
Read More »AFP : Vietnam rights record under the spotlight despite dissident releases
Agence France Presse HANOI, Feb 1 (AFP) – Vietnam came under renewed pressure over its rights record Tuesday despite announcing the release of a group of dissidents, with critics welcoming the move but saying far more needed to be done to shore up religious and political freedoms in …
Read More »Vietnam Committee welcomes amnesty of dissidents and urges Vietnam to release all long-term political and religious detainees
The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights warmly welcomes Vietnam’s decision to release several prisoners of conscience in the coming days in a government amnesty for the Tet (Lunar New Year, 9th February 2005). The organization sincerely thanks the United States, the European Union, the European Parliament, the United Nations and …
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Thich Nhat Hanh seeks to meet UBCV dignitaries Thich Quang Do and Thich Tue Sy
PARIS, 26 January 2005 (IBIB) – The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) is informed by monks from the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) of their distress regarding the brash methods employed by Thich Nhat Hanh and his followers to obtain a meeting with the UBCV Deputy leader, Very …
Read More »Buddhist monk Thich Vien Dinh writes to Thich Nhat Hanh
The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) has received a copy of a letter written by Venerable Thich Vien Dinh to Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh who is currently visiting Vietnam. Thich Vien Dinh is Superior monk of both the Thap Thap Monastery in Binh Dinh province and the Giac …
Read More »AFP : Buddhist monk returns from exile to political storm in Vietnam
Agence France Presse HANOI, Jan 18 (AFP) – In the shadow of a large longan tree at a pagoda in Hanoi, an elderly Buddhist monk hopes to tell a few home truths : Thich Nhat Hanh has returned to Vietnam after 38 years’ exile in France — and has …
Read More »Thich Nhat Hanh’s visit to Vietnam causes deep concern to UBCV Buddhists
On January 11, 2005, Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh left France for a 3-month speaking tour of Vietnam. This highly-publicized visit, which could be interpreted as a sign of increased religious tolerance in Vietnam, in fact it takes place during one of the worst periods of repression against the …
Read More »AP : U.S. ambassador meets with deputy head of banned Vietnamese church
The U.S. ambassador to Vietnam met with the deputy head of a dissident Buddhist church who is currently under house arrest, the embassy said Thursday. Thich Quang Do, the No. 2 at the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, has been under virtual house arrest at his monastery in …
Read More »U.S. Ambassador Michael W. Marine visits Venerable Thich Quang Do – Overseas UBCV collects aid for Tsunami victims in Asia
The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) is informed that the United States Ambassador to Vietnam, Michael W. Marine paid a visit to the Very Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy Head of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) today at the Thanh Minh Zen Monastery. He was accompanied by …
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