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Ho Chi Minh City Police City prohibit UBCV monks from receiving foreigners until APEC leaders leave Vietnam – Suspected of wanting to meet US President George W. Bush, Buddhist Nun Thich Nu Dam Thoa is arrested in Hanoi

November 19, 2006 IBIB 0

PARIS, 19 November 2006 (IBIB) – The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) has received urgent information from Venerable Thich Vien Dinh, Vice-President and Secretary General of “Vien Hoa Dao”, the Executive Institute of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, and Superior monk of the Giac Hoa Pagoda, one of …

“Sacrificing principles for profits” : Vo Van Ai regrets US State Department’s decision to withdraw Vietnam from list of Countries of Particular Concern

November 14, 2006 IBIB 0

PARIS, 14 November 2006 (IBIB) – Mr. Vo Van Ai, Director of the International Buddhist Information Bureau and International Spokesman of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) expressed his deep regret at the US State Department’s decision to withdraw Vietnam from the blacklist of “Countries of Particular Concern” …

Vo Van Ai receives 2006 Rafto Prize in Bergen, Norway on behalf of Buddhist dissident Venerable Thich Quang Do

November 7, 2006 IBIB, News, Press Release 0

PARIS, 6 November 2006 (BIIB) – The Rafto Foundation in Bergen, Norway, awarded the 20th 2006 Professor Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize to Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy leader of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) “for his personal courage and perseverance through three decades of peaceful opposition against …

Thich Quang Do cannot travel to Norway to receive the 2006 Rafto Prize

October 31, 2006 IBIB 0

PARIS, 31 October 2006 (IBIB) – Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy leader of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), has sent a letter to the Rafto Foundation in Bergen, Norway, to say that he cannot travel to Norway to receive the 2006 Professor Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize, awarded …

Dissidents in Vietnam welcome Norway’s Rafto Prize 2006 for Thich Quang Do

October 27, 2006 IBIB 0

PARIS, October 27, 2006 (IBIB) – The Norwegian Rafto Foundation announced on 21st September that Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy leader of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), will receive the 2006 Professor Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize for his contribution to human rights and as a “unifying force” …

UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang leaves hospital today

October 16, 2006 IBIB 0

The International Buddhist Information Bureau is happy to announce that the Supreme Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) Thich Huyen Quang left the French-Vietnamese hospital in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) today. He is now under convalescence at the Giac Hoa Pagoda in Binh Thanh Ward (Saigon), …

UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang is transferred to a private clinic in Ho Chi Minh City

October 1, 2006 IBIB 0

PARIS, 1st October 2006 (IBIB) – The Supreme Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) was transferred from the Cho Ray State hospital to a private clinic in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) today, 1st October 2006. UBCV Deputy leader Thich Quang Do and a …

Venerable Thich Quang Do visits UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang in Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City

September 29, 2006 IBIB 0

PARIS, 29 September 2006 (IBIB) – Venerable Thich Quang Do, second-ranking leader of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), paid a visit to UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang at the Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) this afternoon, Friday 29th September at 4.00 pm. The …

UBCV Supreme Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang is travelling to Ho Chi Minh City today for hospital treatment

September 28, 2006 IBIB 0

PARIS, 28 September 2006 (IBIB) – The International Buddhist information Bureau is informed that the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) Supreme Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang is being taken to a hospital in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) for treatment today. The UBCV Patriarch left Binh Dinh Hospital in an …

UBCV Supreme Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang is hospitalized in Binh Dinh – Patriarch tells Public Security Vice-Minister Nguyen Khanh Toan that he will never abandon struggle for the right to existence of the outlawed UBCV

September 26, 2006 IBIB 0

PARIS, 26 September 2006 (IBIB) – The International Buddhist information Bureau is informed that the Supreme Patriarch of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) Thich Huyen Quang is in hospital. The Patriarch, 86, has been very tired and suffered from breathing difficulties since Friday (22nd September), and asked …