“Dear Excellencies, “We respectfully urge that you facilitate the immediate release of the Most Venerable Thich Huyen Quang, Patriarch of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam and his deputy, Venerable Thich Quang Do. “These courageous leaders have spent much of the last 25 years detained without charge or trial …
Read More »Report compiled by Vietnam Committee on Human Rights for the 59th Session (30 July-17 August 2001) of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (hereafter « Vietnam Committee ») welcomes the Report submitted by the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on its implementation of the …
Read More »As the Vietnamese Communist Party launched consultations on the political platform of its Ninth Party Congress, Venerable Thich Quang Do addressed an “Appeal for democracy in Vietnam” to VCP Secretary-general Le Kha Phieu, President Tran Duc Luong, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai and National Assembly President Nong Duc Manh. The …
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