Ven. Thich Quang Do
News

2009-10-06 | DPA
Vietnamese Buddhist leader calls for boycott of Chinese goods

2009-09-24 | AFP
Campaigners attack Vietnam over human rights

2009-05-08 | Reuters
Vietnam accused of crackdowns ahead of UN rights probe

2009-05-08 | Reuters
Vietnam admits shortcomings at U.N. rights review

2009-05-07 | The Wall Street Journal Asia
Hanoi’s Wrongs On Human Rights
Free countries must hold Hanoi to account at the U.N. this week


2009-04-02 | AFP
Dissident Vietnam Monk Joins Opposition To China Bauxite Plan

2009-04-02 | RFA
New Opposition to Mine: A dissident Buddhist leader in Vietnam joins opposition to a planned bauxite mine

2009-03-24 | Reuters
Vietnam rejects criticism by rights groups at U.N.

Oslo Freedom Forum interviews Thich Quang Do
Universal Periodical Review of Vietnam, May 2009
Defending Civil Society, A report of the World Movement for Democracy
Al Jazeera TV interviews Yhich Quang Do in Saigon

Security Police blockade Giac Minh Pagoda and assault Buddhists – UBCV leader Thich Quang Do sends protest to Hanoi leadership
2010-08-31
PARIS, 31 August 2010 (IBIB) - The Most Venerable Thich Quang Do, Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) has sent a letter to the Vietnamese leadership denouncing violent Police assaults on UBCV Buddhists gathering peacefully at the Giac Minh Pagoda in Da Nang to celebrate the traditional “Vu Lan” festival on 24 August 2010. The UBCV Patriarch, 82, sent the letter by registered post to President Nguyen Minh Triet, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Communist Party Secretary-general (...) continue

Policeman faces maximum 7 year sentence for beating a youth to death: Vietnam Committee denounces a climate of impunity in Vietnam
2010-08-11
PARIS, 11 August 2010 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of the Paris-based Vietnam Committee on Human Rights, an affiliate of the International Federation on Human Rights (FIDH) expressed outrage over inequalities in Vietnam’s legal system regarding the sentence facing a policeman who beat a 21-year-old man to death for riding a motorbike without a helmet. “Vietnam receives millions of dollars from the international community to reform its legal system. Yet its laws are blatantly unfair, and (...) continue

Vo Van Ai calls on President Nguyen Minh Triet to lift the death sentence on student Phan Minh Man
2010-07-24
PARIS, 24 July 2010 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of the Paris-based Vietnam Committee on Human Rights, an affiliate of the International Federation on Human Rights (FIDH) sent a letter today to Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet calling on him to lift the death sentence on Phan Minh Man, a 20 year-old student condemned to death on 17 July 2010 by the People’s Court in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) for the murder of his alcoholic father (...) continue

Vietnam’s Human Rights Journal should be a forum for debate, not a propaganda tool for the Communist Party
2010-07-16
PARIS, 16 July 2010 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) - Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of the Paris-based Vietnam Committee on Human Rights, an affiliate of the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) welcomed Vietnam’s publication of the first issue of a monthly human rights magazine, but expressed concern that the journal is designed as a propaganda tool to justify Communist Party policies and rebuff international criticisms, rather than a genuine forum for debate on the promotion of human rights. “The government (...) continue

UBCV leader Thich Quang Do announces trip to Binh Dinh to attend Memorial Ceremony for late Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang
2010-06-29
PARIS, 29 June 2010 (IBIB) - In a letter to Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam’s leader Thich Quang Do announced that he will travel to Binh Dinh province to participate in a Memorial Ceremony for the late UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang and called on the authorities to ensure his safe passage for this important event. The Memorial Ceremony or “Đại Tường” (1), which commemorates two years of the Patriarch’s (...) continue


Ven. Thich Huyen Quang
Spotlight

Universal Periodical Review of Vietnam, May 2009
Universal Periodical Review of Vietnam, May 2009

Report FIDH-OMCT : Vietnam : Twelve human rights defenders have the floor
Mission Report on Human Rights in Vietnam (FIDH & WOAT)
Thich Quang Do receives Rafto Prize 2006

Other News

2010-05-28
UBCV Patriarch Thich Quang Do issues Vesak Message

2010-05-11
Oslo Freedom Forum Screens Rare Interview with Imprisoned Monk for Vietnam Human Rights Day on Capitol Hill

2010-04-18
Vietnam at the World Movement for Democracy’s Sixth Assembly in Jakarta, Indonesia

2010-04-30
Buddhist monk Thich Khong Tanh is arrested in Saigon

2010-04-10
164 International Human Rights Leagues gathered in Yerevan, Armenia condemn crack-down on human rights defenders in Vietnam

2010-03-23
At a Hearing on Human Rights and Religious Freedom at the US Congress: UBCV Spokesman Vo Van Ai tells Congress: US-based activist is assaulted for visiting Thich Quang Do – UBCV monks protest unlawful government fine

2010-03-16
At the 13th Session of the UN Human Rights Council: Vietnam Committee denounces double language, stifling of free expression and unfair trials in Vietnam

2010-03-08
On the occasion of International Women’s Day: UBCV leader Thich Quang Do calls on three prominent women to lead a joint initiative for human rights and democracy in Vietnam

2010-01-25
Vietnam’s Covert War Against Overseas Buddhists

2010-01-21
Democracy on Trial in Vietnam: Peaceful advocates receive up to 16 years jail for “subversion”

 
 
 

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