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On the Occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the End of the Vietnam War, Vo Van Ai calls on the Community of Democracies in Santiago, Chile to support a democratic process in Vietnam

April 30, 2005 VCHR Comments Off on On the Occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the End of the Vietnam War, Vo Van Ai calls on the Community of Democracies in Santiago, Chile to support a democratic process in Vietnam

SANTIAGO, CHILE – Addressing the 3rd Ministerial Meeting of the Community of Democracies in Santiago, Chile from 28-30 April 2005, Vo Van Ai, President of the Vietnam Committee for Human Rights and Que Me : Action for Democracy in Vietnam, called on democratic governments around the world “to support a process …

Security Police arrest Buddhist monk Thich Nguyen Vuong outside Thich Quang Do’s Monastery in Saigon

April 11, 2005 IBIB Comments Off on Security Police arrest Buddhist monk Thich Nguyen Vuong outside Thich Quang Do’s Monastery in Saigon

The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) is informed that Security Police in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) arrested Buddhist monk Thich Nguyen Vuong, member of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) this morning as he left Thanh Minh Zen Monastery after visiting the UBCV Deputy leader Thich Quang …

At the 61st Session of the UN Commission Human Rights : Vo Van Ai denounces Vietnam’s secret service GD2 and reveals a Communist Party instruction manual on religious repression

April 5, 2005 VCHR Comments Off on At the 61st Session of the UN Commission Human Rights : Vo Van Ai denounces Vietnam’s secret service GD2 and reveals a Communist Party instruction manual on religious repression

PALAIS DES NATIONS, GENEVA, 5 April 2005 (VCHR) – Speaking at the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva today, Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of the Paris-based Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) and Vice-President of the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) condemned the institutionalisation of State repression …

UBCV monk Thich Vien Phuong is arrested after visiting Thich Quang Do – Communist authorities press Thich Huyen Quang to receive Thich Nhat Hanh in Binh Dinh

March 30, 2005 IBIB, News, Press Release Comments Off on UBCV monk Thich Vien Phuong is arrested after visiting Thich Quang Do – Communist authorities press Thich Huyen Quang to receive Thich Nhat Hanh in Binh Dinh

The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) has received urgent information from the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) that UBCV Buddhist monk Thich Vien Phuong was arrested in Saigon by Security Police today (Wednesday 30th March 30th) at 5.30 pm Vietnam time. Security Police arrested him on his motorbike …

Buddhist monk Thich Thien Minh is victim of harassments and death threats
UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang declines to meet Thich Nhat Hanh in Binh Dinh

March 25, 2005 IBIB, News, Press Release Comments Off on Buddhist monk Thich Thien Minh is victim of harassments and death threats
UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang declines to meet Thich Nhat Hanh in Binh Dinh

PARIS, 25 March 2005 (IBIB) – Buddhist monk Thich Thien Minh, member of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) released in a government amnesty after 26 years in re-education camp, sent an urgent communication to the International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) this morning reporting that he is the victim …

Thich Thien Minh calls on the United States to maintain Vietnam on the list of worst religious freedom offenders

February 28, 2005 IBIB Comments Off on Thich Thien Minh calls on the United States to maintain Vietnam on the list of worst religious freedom offenders

Buddhist monk Thich Thien Minh, 51, member of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam released in a government amnesty on 2 February 2005 after 26 years in re-education camp has sent an “Petition” to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) denouncing grave abuses of religious freedom in …

Buddhist Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang calls for freedom of movement for Thich Quang Do and the lifting of “verbal” house arrest orders

February 23, 2005 IBIB Comments Off on Buddhist Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang calls for freedom of movement for Thich Quang Do and the lifting of “verbal” house arrest orders

The Most Venerable Thich Huyen Quang, 86, prominent dissident and Fourth Supreme Patriarch of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), has sent an “Open Letter” to the Vietnamese leadership denouncing recent harassments of UBCV monks, and condemning the unlawful detention of UBCV Deputy leader Venerable Thich Quang Do …

OPEN LETTER
on the banning of Buddhist monks from paying New Year’s visits and administrative detention by “verbal order”

February 21, 2005 FoRB, IBIB, Press Release, Resources, Thich Huyen Quang Comments Off on OPEN LETTER
on the banning of Buddhist monks from paying New Year’s visits and administrative detention by “verbal order”

Buddhist Era 2548 VTT/TT To : Mr. Nong Duc Manh, Secretary-general of the Communist Party of Vietnam Mr. Tran Duc Luong, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Mr. Phan Van Khai, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Mr. Nguyen Van An, President of the SRV National Assembly Dear …

Security Police prevent Buddhist dissident Thich Quang Do from paying a New Year’s visit to Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang

February 16, 2005 IBIB Comments Off on Security Police prevent Buddhist dissident Thich Quang Do from paying a New Year’s visit to Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang

The International Buddhist Information Bureau is informed that Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy Head of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) was prevented by Security Police from setting off today to Binh Dinh province (central Vietnam) with a delegation of UBCV monks to pay a traditional Lunar New …

Buddhist dissident Thich Quang Do appeals to the Vietnamese intelligentsia to rally together for democracy and pluralism in Vietnam

February 11, 2005 IBIB Comments Off on Buddhist dissident Thich Quang Do appeals to the Vietnamese intelligentsia to rally together for democracy and pluralism in Vietnam

On the occasion of the Lunar New Year, the Very Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy leader of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) has launched a vibrant appeal to Vietnamese from all different political and religious currents to rally together in a common effort for democracy in Vietnam. …