CANBERRA, 17 June 2009 (IBIB) -
Mr. Vo Van Ai, International spokesman of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) and a delegation of senior dignitaries from the Overseas UBCV from the USA, Canada and Australia visited the Australian Parliament today to warn of current threats to Vietnamese sovereignty and call for the respect of religious freedom and human rights in Vietnam. The delegation included Most Venerable
Thich Ho Giac, UBCV Vice-Patriarch and President of the UBCV Overseas Office (Houston, (...)
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PARIS, 16 May 2009 (IBIB) - A delegation from the
US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) visited Patriarch
Thich Quang Do of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam today (Saturday 16 May) at the Thanh Minh Zen Monastery in Saigon. The delegation included USCIRF Vice-Chairman
Michael Cromartie,
David Dettoni, Director of Operations and Outreach,
Dr. Scott Flipse, Senior Policy Analyst, and
Jane Bocklage, Second Secretary of the US Embassy in Hanoi. The USCIRF, an independent body that advises the (...)
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2009-05-13
GENEVA, 13 May 2009 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) - The
Vietnam Committee on Human Rights expresses deep disappointment at the report of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Vietnam issued by the UN Human Rights Council’s UPR Working Group on Tuesday, 12th May 2009. Whilst accepting some general recommendations on the promotion of human rights, Vietnam rejected many of the concrete proposals made by UN member states for specific measures and reforms to advance human rights.
Recommendations on a wide range (...)
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2009-05-08
GENEVA, 8 May 2009 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) - The
Socialist Republic of Vietnam will be examined by the United Nations Human Rights Council for its first
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) today. The review, which is based on information from three reports – Vietnam’s country report, a compilation of information from UN treaty bodies and Special Rapporteurs, and a “stakeholders’ report” of concerns raised by non-governmental organisations (NGOs), consists of an 3-hour interactive discussion in which all UN members may pose questions (...)
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Free countries must hold Hanoi to account at the U.N. this week
2009-05-07
Vietnam’s human-rights record will come under scrutiny tomorrow at the United Nations Human Rights Council. Hanoi is hoping the council, which includes Cuba and Saudi Arabia, will rub clean its murky record on human rights. Freedom-loving countries shouldn’t let this happen.
Vietnam’s report to the Human Rights Council in preparation for this review paints a glowing self-portrait of the Communist nation as a
“rule-of-law state of the people, by the people and for the people.” But human beings are (...)
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