The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) has received an urgent appeal for assistance from members of the provincial representative board of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) in the central province of Khanh Hoa. They report that local officials and Police have expelled Buddhist nun Thich Nu Thong Man …
Read More »Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy leader of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) was released late last night (16th February) after being assaulted by Security Police and detained for more than six hours at the Railway Station in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). He was arrested along with …
Read More »The International Buddhist Information Bureau has just received urgent information from the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) that the UBCV’s Deputy leader Venerable Thich Quang Do was arrested by Security Police at the Ho Chi Minh City Station at 6.45pm (Vietnam time) today, 16th February 2006. His current …
Read More »SAN GABRIEL, CALIFORNIA – 2,000 Vietnamese Buddhists and 80 leading monks and nuns from the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) in Canada and the USA gathered at the UBCV’s overseas headquarters at Dieu Phap Pagoda in San Gabriel, California on Sunday 18 December 2005 to commemorate the 30th Anniversary …
Read More »The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) is informed that U.S. Congressman Christopher Smith paid a visit to the Very Venerable Thich Quang Do, prominent dissident and Deputy Head of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) today, Sunday 4th December. The meeting took place at the Thanh Minh Zen …
Read More »l At 8.00 am (Vietnam time) on Saturday 19th November 2005, Security Police clashed with Buddhists at the Thanh Minh Zen Monastery and physically assaulted Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy leader of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV). Thich Quang Do was leaving the monastery to preside a Memorial …
Read More »Mr Vo Van Ai, Director of the International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) and International Spokesman of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) welcomed the announcement by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to maintain Vietnam on a list of eight “Countries of Particular Concern” (CPCs) for its grave …
Read More »WASHINGTON, 28th October 2005 (IBIB) – Testifying on behalf of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) at a Congressional hearing on religious freedom in Vietnam on Wednesday October 26, Mr. Vo Van Ai, UBCV International Spokesman and Director of the International Buddhist Information Bureau, gave evidence of “continuing abuses …
Read More »PARIS, 3 October 2005 (IBIB) – Ambassador Robert Gordon, the British Ambassador to Vietnam and Ambassador David Milliot, Head of the EU Delegation to Vietnam, travelled from Hanoi to visit Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy leader of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) at the Thanh Minh Zen …
Read More »PARIS, August 18, 2005 (IBIB) – The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) has received an urgent communication from Vietnam concerning a new wave of repression against the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV). The repression is targeted against members of Provincial Committees recently founded by the UBCV. Over the …
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