PARIS, 30 November 2012 (IBIB) – H.E. Hugh Borrowman, Australian Ambassador to Vietnam paid a visit on Thursday 29 November to the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam’s Supreme Patriarch Thich Quang Do, 84, at the Thanh Minh Zen Monastery in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) where the UBCV leader and …
Read More »PARIS, 29 November 2012 (IBIB) –The International Buddhist Information Bureau is deeply disturbed by a new government decree that increases state control of religions and further undermines religious freedom in Vietnam. Decree 92 (full reference 92/2012/ND-CP) on “Directives and measures for implementing the Ordinance on beliefs and religion”, issued by …
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PARIS, 19 November 2012 (VCHR) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights is one of 55 civil society organizations endorsing a statement to reject the flawed ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD) adopted on 18 November by 10 ASEAN nations at the 21st ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia (see full …
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PARIS, 8 November 2012 (VCHR) – The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention informed the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights by fax today that it considers the detention of four pro-democracy activists, Le Cong Dinh, Tran Huynh Duy Thuc, Nguyen Tien Trung and Le Thang Long to be a …
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PARIS-BANGKOK, 2 November 2012 (FIDH & VCHR) – The trial and harsh sentencing of two musicians on charges of “anti-State propaganda” under Article 88 of the Penal Code is the latest example of Vietnam’s escalating assault on freedom of expression and its blatant violation of international human rights law, said …
Read More »Viet Khang PARIS, 30 October 2012 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights strongly condemns the harsh sentences imposed on two Vietnamese singers and songwriters at an unfair trial at the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court today. Vo Minh Tri, known as Viet Khang and …
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PARIS, 30 October 2012 (IBIB) – Venerable Thich Thanh Quang, head of the Quang Nam-Danang Provincial Committee of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) received a visit from Ms. Kathleen Peoples, Political Outreach Officer of the U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City at the Giac Minh Pagoda …
Read More »PARIS, 29 September 2012 (IBIB) – Venerable Thich Vien Dinh, head of Viện Hóa Đạo, the Executive Institute of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) and Deputy leader of the UBCV, has asked the International Buddhist Information Bureau to forward to the international community the following letter protesting the …
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PARIS, 26 September 2012 (VCHR) – Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights and Quê Me: Action for Democracy in Vietnam sent an Open Letter to French President François Hollande today calling for his urgent intervention for the release of Dieu Cay, Ta Phong Tan …
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PARIS, 24 September 2012 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights is outraged by the inhumane sentences imposed on three peaceful bloggers at a closed trial at the People’s Court in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) which lasted only a few hours and grossly violated all standards of …
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Quê Me Quê Me: Action for democracy in Vietnam & Vietnam Committee on Human Rights