{"id":9615,"date":"2016-07-31T18:01:26","date_gmt":"2016-07-31T18:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/queme.org\/en\/?page_id=9615"},"modified":"2021-04-04T15:11:06","modified_gmt":"2021-04-04T15:11:06","slug":"religiousfreedom","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/queme.org\/en\/religiousfreedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Religious Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Religious Freedom in Vietnam<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>News (VCHR \/ IBIB)<\/h3>\n<p>07\/31\/2017 (VCHR): <a href=\"http:\/\/queme.org\/en\/four-human-rights-defenders-arrested-subversion-escalating-crackdown-dissent-vietnam\/\">Four human rights defenders arrested for subversion in an escalating crackdown on dissent in Vietnam<\/a><br \/>\n07\/21\/2017 (VCHR): <a href=\"http:\/\/queme.org\/en\/crackdown-buddhist-youth-movements-summer-camp-hue\/\">Crackdown on Buddhist Youth Movement\u2019s Summer Camp in Hu\u1ebf<\/a><br \/>\n07\/06\/2017 (VCHR): <a href=\"http:\/\/queme.org\/en\/g20-vchr-calls-vietnamese-pm-release-prisoners-conscience-thich-quang-do-nguyen-van-dai-do-thi-hong\/\">At G20 Summit: VCHR calls on Vietnamese Prime Minister to release prisoners of conscience Th\u00edch Qu\u1ea3ng \u0110\u1ed9, Nguy\u1ec5n V\u0103n \u0110\u00e0i and \u0110\u1ed7 Th\u1ecb H\u1ed3ng<\/a><br \/>\n06\/29\/2017 (The Observatory &amp; VCHR) : <a href=\"http:\/\/queme.org\/en\/vietnam-prominent-blogger-nguyen-ngoc-nhu-quynh-sentenced-10-years-prison\/\">Vietnam: Prominent Blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh sentenced to 10 years in prison<\/a><br \/>\n06\/16\/2017 (VCHR) : <a href=\"http:\/\/queme.org\/en\/at-unhrc-vchr-denounces-persecution-of-ubcv-and-call-on-un-experts-to-visit-vn\/\">At the UN, Vietnam Committee on Human Rights denounces persecution of UBCV Buddhists and calls on UN Experts to visit Vietnam<\/a><br \/>\n05\/29\/2017 (FIDH &amp; VCHR) : <a href=\"http:\/\/queme.org\/en\/vietnam-lengthy-jail-sentences-two-dissidents-upheld-crackdown-continues\/\">Vietnam: Lengthy jail sentences for two dissidents upheld as crackdown continues<\/a><br \/>\n05\/15\/2017 (VCHR)\u00a0: <a href=\"http:\/\/queme.org\/en\/le-cong-cau-goes-hunger-strike-protest-ban-visiting-critically-ill-thich-quang-do\/?v=11aedd0e4327\">Buddhist Youth Leader L\u00ea C\u00f4ng C\u1ea7u goes on hunger strike to protest ban on visiting critically-ill UBCV leader Th\u00edch Qu\u1ea3ng \u0110\u1ed9<\/a><br \/>\n05\/12\/2017 (VCHR) : <a href=\"http:\/\/queme.org\/en\/police-threaten-harass-ubcv-buddhists-youth-leaders-vesak-celebrations-hue\/?v=11aedd0e4327\">Police threaten and harass UBCV Buddhists and Youth leaders during Vesak celebrations in Hue<\/a><br \/>\n05\/10\/2017 (IBIB) : <a href=\"http:\/\/queme.org\/en\/ubcv-leader-thich-quang-issues-vesak-day-message\/?v=11aedd0e4327\">UBCV leader Th\u00edch Qu\u1ea3ng \u0110\u1ed9 issues Vesak Day Message<\/a><br \/>\n05\/02\/2017 (VCHR) : <a href=\"http:\/\/queme.org\/en\/eprid-shares-best-practices-ep-conference-religious-belief-communities-reach-words-deeds\/?v=11aedd0e4327\">EPRID shares best practices at EP Conference on \u201cHow religious and belief communities reach out to each other in words and deeds\u201d<\/a><br \/>\n04\/27\/2017 (VCHR) : <a href=\"http:\/\/queme.org\/en\/international-reports-religious-freedom-vietnam\">U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom recommends designating Vietnam as \u201cCountry of Particular Concern\u201d for religious freedom violations<br \/>\n<em>(More&#8230;)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>News<\/h3>\n<p>05\/03\/2018 (Lexington Minuteman): <a href=\"http:\/\/queme.org\/en\/lexington-students-support-imprisoned-buddhist\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lexington students support imprisoned Buddhist<\/a><br \/>\n07\/31\/2017 (RFA): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rfa.org\/english\/news\/vietnam\/arrests-07312017161059.html\" target=\"_blank\">Vietnam Arrests Four Democracy Activists For \u2018Attempted Subversion\u2019<\/a><br \/>\n07\/31\/2017 (USCIRF): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscirf.gov\/news-room\/press-releases\/vietnam-religious-prisoner-conscience-pastor-nguyen-cong-chinh-released\" target=\"_blank\">VIETNAM: Religious Prisoner of Conscience Pastor Nguyen Cong Chinh Released<\/a><br \/>\n07\/06\/2017 (CSW): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/2017\/07\/06\/news\/3613\/article.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Call for release of religious freedom defenders<\/a><br \/>\n06\/30\/2017 (Leicester Post) : <a href=\"http:\/\/queme.org\/en\/leicester-post-vietnamese-blogger-mother-mushroom-jailed-criticising-government\/\">Leicester Post: Vietnamese blogger Mother Mushroom jailed for criticising government<\/a><br \/>\n02\/08\/2017 (USCIRF) : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscirf.gov\/news-room\/press-releases\/vietnam-uscirf-assesses-state-department-s-cpc-removal\" target=\"_blank\">VIETNAM: USCIRF Assesses State Department\u2019s CPC Removal<\/a><br \/>\n11\/10\/2016 (USCIRF) : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscirf.gov\/news-room\/press-releases\/vietnam-crossroads-10-years-after-cpc-designation-removed\" target=\"_blank\">VIETNAM: At a Crossroads, 10 Years after CPC Designation Removed<br \/>\n<\/a>04\/27\/2016 (EUObserver) : <a href=\"https:\/\/euobserver.com\/opinion\/133216\" target=\"_blank\">EU sacrifices human rights for Vietnam free trade<\/a><br \/>\n04\/20\/2016 (Civicus) : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.civicus.org\/index.php\/media-resources\/news\/893-intolerance-of-civil-society-in-vietnam-an-interview-with-penelope-faulkner-from-the-vietnam-committee-on-human-rights\" target=\"_blank\">Intolerance of civil society in Vietnam: An interview with Penelope Faulkner from the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights<\/a><br \/>\n11\/19\/2015 (RFA) : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rfa.org\/english\/news\/vietnam\/monk-11192015154039.html\" target=\"_blank\">Monk of Banned Buddhist Church Reaffirms Commitment to Democracy in Vietnam<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/queme.org\/en\/news-religious-freedom-vietnam\"><em>(More&#8230;)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Reports (VCHR \/ IBIB)<\/h3>\n<p>02\/18\/2016 (VCHR)\u00a0: <a href=\"http:\/\/queme.org\/en\/freedom-of-religion-or-belief-in-vietnam-state-management-of-religions\">VCHR \u2013 Freedom of Religion or Belief in Vietnam: State Management of Religions<br \/>\n<\/a>11\/24\/2015 (VCHR &amp; IBIB) : <a href=\"http:\/\/queme.org\/en\/ubcv-the-movement-for-religious-freedom-in-vietnam\">UBCV, The Movement for Religious Freedom in Vietnam (2015)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/queme.org\/en\/reports-vchr-ibib\"><em>(More&#8230;)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>International Reports<\/h3>\n<p>04\/25\/2017 (USCIRF) : <a href=\"http:\/\/queme.org\/app\/uploads\/2016\/05\/USCIRF-2017-Annual-Report-Vietnam.pdf\">2017 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom (Chapter on Vietnam)<\/a><br \/>\n02\/08\/2017 (USCIRF) : <a href=\"http:\/\/queme.org\/app\/uploads\/2016\/05\/USCIRF-2017-Vietnam-Assessing-CPC-Designation-10-Years-after-its-Removal.pdf\">Religious Freedom in Vietnam, Assessing the Country of Particular Concern Designation 10 Years After its Removal (USCIRF, February 2017)<br \/>\n<\/a>06\/09\/2016 (European Parliament) : <a href=\"http:\/\/queme.org\/\/app\/uploads\/2017\/04\/EP-resolution-on-Vietnam-9-June-2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">European Parliament resolution of 9 June 2016 on Vietnam<br \/>\n<\/a>01\/30\/2015 (UN) : <a href=\"http:\/\/queme.org\/app\/uploads\/2016\/05\/A-HRC-28-66-Add4-Visit-to-Vietnam-Bielefeldt-ENG.pdf\">Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Heiner Bielefeldt \u2013 Addendum \u2013 Mission to Viet Nam (21 to 31 July 2014)<\/a> (ref. A\/HRC\/28\/66\/Add.2)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/queme.org\/en\/international-reports-ressources-religious-freedom\/\"><em>(More&#8230;)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Opinions<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tricycle.org\/trikedaily\/buddhism-under-vietnams-thumb\/\" target=\"_blank\">Buddhism, Under Vietnam\u2019s Thumb<\/a>, by Jared Roscoe, Tricycle, 27 August 2008<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Religious Freedom in Vietnam &nbsp; News (VCHR \/ IBIB) 07\/31\/2017 (VCHR): Four human rights defenders arrested for subversion in an escalating crackdown on dissent in Vietnam 07\/21\/2017 (VCHR): Crackdown on Buddhist Youth Movement\u2019s Summer Camp in Hu\u1ebf 07\/06\/2017 (VCHR): At G20 Summit: VCHR calls on Vietnamese Prime Minister to release prisoners of conscience Th\u00edch Qu\u1ea3ng &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":375,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9615","page","type-page","status-publish",""],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/queme.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/queme.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/queme.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queme.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/375"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queme.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/queme.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9615\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/queme.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}