Agence France Presse HANOI, 17 Aug 2008 (AFP) – Dissident monk Thich Quang Do became the new leader of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) Sunday, pledging to keep up the peaceful struggle for religious and political freedom. Do, the former deputy leader, was named supreme …
Read More »HANOI, July 6, 2008 (Reuters) – The patriarch of a Vietnamese Buddhist group that has peacefully campaigned against successive governments and Communist Party controls on religion, died in his monastery at the age of 87 on Saturday, the organisation said. Thich Huyen Quang, Supreme Patriarch of the outlawed …
Read More »Agence France Presse HANOI, 5 July 2008 (AFP) – Thich Huyen Quang, the head of the Vietnamese Buddhist movement that has refused to come under communist government control, died on Saturday aged 87, his supporters said in a statement from Paris. “Most Venerable Thich Huyen Quang, 4th Supreme …
Read More »HANOI, Vietnam, July 5, 2008 (AP) – Thich Huyen Quang, the patriarch of an outlawed Buddhist church in Vietnam who spent more than two decades in and out of house arrest, died Saturday after months of ailing health. He was 87. The leader of the Unified Buddhist Church …
Read More »Agence France Presse Buddist monk Thich Huyen Quang (left) holds talks with Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai in 2003. Quang — the 87-year-old leader of the Vietnamese Buddhist movement that has refused to come under government control — has died in Binh Dinh province. (AFP/VNA/File/Str) HANOI, 5 …
Read More »Agence France Presse HANOI, 04 juil 2008 (AFP) – The leader of the Vietnamese Buddhist movement that has refused to come under the control of the communist government is gravely ill in hospital, his supporters and state media said Friday. Thich Huyen Quang, 87, patriarch of the banned …
Read More »Agence France Presse HANOI, 17 March 2008 (AFP) – A leading Vietnamese dissident Buddhist monk on Monday called on the international community to put pressure on China to end “repression” in Tibet, following a week of deadly unrest. “The Buddhists of Tibet are struggling to prevent the suppression …
Read More »Radio Telefís Éireann A leading Vietnamese dissident Buddhist monk has called on the international community to put pressure on China to end ‘repression’ in Tibet, following a week of deadly unrest. Thich Quang Do of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam said the Buddhists of Tibet are …
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Though he is 80 years old, Buddhist Monk Thich Quang Do is still one of Vietnam’s most prominent dissidents. He is deputy leader of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam and has spent more than 25 years in detention for advocating greater religious freedoms and rights. In video tapes …
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