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EU and UK Ambassadors visit Thich Quang Do in Ho Chi Minh City – UBCV monk Thich Vien Phuong receives heavy fine for filming video message by Thich Quang Do to the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva

October 4, 2005 IBIB, News, Press Release 0

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 …

On the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the End of the Vietnam War and the advent of Communist rule : The European Parliament holds Hearing on Cambodia-Laos and Vietnam

September 11, 2005 VCHR 0

The European Parliament will hold a Hearing on Monday 12th September in Brussels to examine the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. The hearing, organized by the Foreign Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on Human Rights commemorates the 30th anniversary of the End of the Vietnam War and the …

Vietnam Committee welcomes the release of prisoners, but condemns Hanoi for “stealing the lives” of religious and political dissidents in Vietnam

August 31, 2005 News, Press Release, VCHR 0

PARIS, 31 August 2005 (VCHR) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) welcomes the release of four prisoners of conscience in an Amnesty on Vietnam’s National Day (2 September), i.e. Mennonite Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang, Roman Catholic priest Nguyen Thien Phung (aka Nguyen Viet Huan, member of the Congregation …

New wave of repression against the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam

August 18, 2005 IBIB, News, Press Release 0

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 …

UBCV Deputy leader Thich Quang Do sends message of solidarity and condolence to Hoa Hao Buddhists in Vietnam

August 10, 2005 IBIB, News, Press Release 0

PARIS, 10 August 2005 (IBIB) – Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy leader of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) has sent a message of solidarity to the Hoa Hao Buddhist sect (1) following the self-immolation of two of its members in a protest against religious persecution. According to Hoa …

UBCV Deputy leader Thich Quang Do calls for UN inquiry mission on freedom of expression and religion in Vietnam

July 11, 2005 IBIB 0

Venerable Thich Quang Do, prominent dissident and Deputy leader of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) issued a statement today applauding the recent U.N. “Opinion” pronouncing UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang and himself to be victims of arbitrary detention, and urging the United Nations’ Special Rapporteurs on Freedom …

UBCV leaders Thich Huyen Quang and Thich Quang Do express sympathy to Queen Elizabeth II and Tony Blair following terrorist attacks in London

July 9, 2005 IBIB 0

The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) has received a letter from Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) to Queen Elizabeth II and from UBCV Deputy Thich Quang Do to British Prime Minister Tony Blair expressing their condolences for the deaths of innocent citizens in …

The United Nations pronounces Thich Huyen Quang and Thich Quang Do victims of arbitrary detention and calls for their immediate release

July 6, 2005 News, Press Release, VCHR 0

PARIS, 6 July 2005 (VCHR) – A key United Nations’ monitoring body, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, has pronounced two of Vietnam’s most prominent dissidents, the Patriarch of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) Thich Huyen Quang and his deputy, Venerable Thich Quang Do to be …

As Vietnamese Prime Minister visits President George W. Bush at the White House : Vietnam intercepts UBCV monks on their way to visit Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang

June 21, 2005 IBIB 0

The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) has received urgent information from the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) that a delegation of UBCV monks from Hue was intercepted this morning by Security Police as they sought to pay a visit to UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang at the Nguyen Thieu …

At a Hearing in the US Congress during the visit of Vietnamese Premier Phan Van Khai : Vo Van Ai denounces “religions with socialist orientations” and calls for a National Referendum on Democracy in Vietnam

June 20, 2005 VCHR 0

Testifying before the International Relations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives today, Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of Que Me : Action for Democracy in Vietnam and International Spokesman of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), gave evidence of the grave and systematic violations of human rights and …