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 …
Read More »Agence France Presse BANGKOK, 4 Oct 2007 (AFP) -The Buddhist monks who led Myanmar’s protests have drawn support from fellow believers worldwide, including Tibetan and Vietnamese spiritual leaders who are no strangers to state persecution. This week, as hundreds of disrobed monks could be heard chanting from inside …
Read More »HANOI Vietnam, April 10, 2007 (AP) – One of Vietnam’s leading dissidents is disappointed that U.S. President George W. Bush has not taken a stronger stance against the communist government’s human rights abuses, a Buddhist organization said Tuesday. Thich Quang Do, a dissident monk who lives under virtual house arrest, …
Read More »HANOI, 10 April 2007 (Reuters) – U.S. officials have visited a dissident Buddhist monk under house arrest as Washington applies pressure on communist-run Vietnam to release political and religious activists. The delegation visited Thich Quang Do of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) on Monday, four days after …
Read More »Eric John speaks to reporters in Hanoi, 10 Apr 2007 Hanoi, 10 April 2007 (VOA) – A senior U.S. diplomat has visited Vietnamese dissident Buddhist monk Thich Quang Do in the pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City where he is under house arrest. U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of …
Read More »HANOI, 9 April 2007 (AFP) – A US State Department delegation on Monday paid a rare visit to a dissident Buddhist leader who is under “pagoda arrest” in communist Vietnam, the monk’s overseas supporters said. The reported visit comes as pressure is rising in Washington for Vietnam, a former US …
Read More »HANOI, March 15, 2007 (Reuters) – Three Norwegians were briefly detained by Vietnamese police as they arrived at the monastery of an activist Buddhist monk in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday, the Norway embassy said. The arrests were not immediately confirmed by authorities in communist-run Vietnam, who last month …
Read More »HANOI, March 15, 2007 (AFP) – Vietnamese police on Thursday arrested three Norwegians as they tried to visit a dissident Buddhist monk being held under house arrest, diplomats and activists said. Therese Jebsen of the Rafto Foundation and two compatriots were arrested at the Thanh Minh Zen Monastery in the …
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