UNIFIED BUDDHIST CHURCH OF VIETNAM INSTITUTE OF THE SANGHA Buddhist Era 2555 Ref. : TĐPĐ/VTT VESAK MESSAGE Anniversary of the Birth of Buddha, Buddhist Era 2555 by the Most Venerable THICH QUANG DO Supreme Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam Blessed be Lord Sakyamuni Buddha! On behalf of the …
Read More »Challenges against Civil Liberties in the ASEAN Region ASEAN People’s Forum, Jakarta 3-5 May 2011 VIOLATIONS OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN VIETNAM Presentation by VO TRAN NHAT Vietnam Committee on Human Rights & Que Me: Action for Democracy in Vietnam Thank you for giving me the floor. …
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Crime_and_Punishment_in_VietnamDownload Report “Rule of Law or Rule by Law, Crime and Punishment in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam” EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Despite Vietnam’s accession to core human rights treaties and its adoption of extensive new legislation, serious gaps remain between international norms and Vietnamese laws and practices. Vietnam continues to adopt …
Read More »NONVIOLENT RADICAL PARTY, TRANSNATIONAL AND TRANSPARTY NGO in General consultative status with ECOSOC of the UN Chianciano Terme (Italy), 17-20 February 2011 (NRPTT) – The situation of human rights in Vietnam is abysmal, and it is growing worse. Not only does the government use brutality to arrest and …
Read More »PARIS, 14 November 2010 (IBIB) – The International Buddhist Information Bureau has received the following message from the Most Venerable Thich Quang Do, Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the democracy movement in Burma, warmly welcoming her release. Ms. …
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Human rights violations in Vietnam have continued unabated during its chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2010, according to a new report by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR). The report, “From “Vision” to Facts: HUMAN RIGHTS …
Read More »BANGKOK, September 13, 2010 (CPJ) -The Thai government acted inappropriately in pressuring the Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT) to cancel a press conference that would have criticized Vietnam, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The Bangkok-based FCCT had intended to host a press conference today by the …
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Thich Quang Do is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, rights advocate, and outspoken critic of the Vietnamese government. Since 2008, Thich Quang Do has been the patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), an organization banned by the government. Through petitions, Thich Quang Do has peacefully campaigned for …
Read More »CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (TLHRC) Hearing on HUMAN RIGHTS AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN VIETNAM Tuesday, March 23, 2010, B-318 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington D.C. Persecution of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam Written Testimony by VO VAN AI Overseas Spokesman of the Unified …
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