Senior dignitaries of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) from Europe, Canada, the United States, Asia, Australia and New Zealand gathered at the Quang Duc Monastery in Melbourne, Australia on 10-12 October 2003 to attend a Special Conference of the UBCV, convened at the request of the UBCV leadership …
Read More »Agence France Presse HANOI, Oct 13 (AFP) – A senior monk involved in a lengthy stand-off with Vietnamese security forces last week has been placed under house arrest for two years as part of the communist regime’s crackdown on an outlawed Buddhist church. The order against Thich Nguyen …
Read More »Agence France Presse HANOI, Oct 12 (AFP) – Vietnam signalled its intent last week to enforce a tough line against an outlawed Buddhist church despite signs earlier this year that the communist regime was seeking a rapprochement. A 10-hour stand-off on Wednesday between the security forces and the …
Read More »Hanoi (dpa) – Vietnam issued a scathing statement Saturday accusing a group of Buddhist monks from a banned church of attacking government officials, carrying state secrets and plotting to destroy Vietnam’s official Buddhist association. Thich Huyen Quang, 86, and Thich Quang Do, 75, leaders of the illegal Unified …
Read More »Agence France Presse HANOI, Oct 11 (AFP) – The overseas information arm of an outlawed Buddhist church said Saturday it was gravely concerned over an apparent escalation of “repression” by the Vietnamese authorities against its two leaders. The Paris-based International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) called on the international …
Read More »Vietnam on Saturday accused members of a banned Buddhist church of illegally setting up an organization without receiving state permission, obtaining documents that contain state secrets and assaulting authorities. The Paris-based International Buddhist Information Bureau dismissed the allegations as totally absurd, and charged that the communist government was …
Read More »(Adds details of accusations paragraphs 4-5) HANOI, Oct 11 (Reuters) – A Vietnamese government accusation that two leaders of a banned Buddhist group were carrying state secrets was “totally absurd”, their organisation said on Saturday. Thich Huyen Quang, 86, patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), and his …
Read More »Hanoi, October 10 (dpa) – Police have arrested the elderly leaders of a banned Buddhist group in Vietnam, local police said Friday. Thich Huyen Quang, 86, and Thich Quang Do, 75, the leaders of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, were arrested Thursday morning in Luong Son …
Read More »Agence France Presse HANOI, Oct 10 (AFP) – Vietnam said Friday two senior monks from an outlawed Buddhist church could face house arrest because they were in possession of documents containing state secrets. Foreign ministry spokesman Le Dung said Thich Huyen Quang, patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church …
Read More »HANOI, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Vietnam on Friday accused two leaders of a banned Buddhist group of carrying “state secrets” when their van was stopped by traffic officers while on a key highway from their monastery in central Vietnam. But Hanoi denied the men were arrested, saying that Thich Huyen …
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