Ven. Thich Quang Do
News

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.

2008-09-12 | Tricycle
Buddhism, Under Vietnam’s Thumb

2008-08-17 | AFP
Vietnam dissident Buddhist church appoints new leader

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

At the Australian Parliament in Canberra:
Buddhist leaders urge Australia to take urgent steps to ensure security in the Asia-Pacific region and respect of religious freedom and human rights in Vietnam

2009-06-17
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, (...) continue

US Commission on International Religious Freedom visits UBCV leader Thich Quang Do in Saigon
2009-05-16
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 (...) continue

Report by the UN Human Rights Council on Vietnam’s Universal Periodic Review: Vietnam Rejects UN Recommendations for Concrete Reforms to Advance Human Rights
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 (...) continue

Vietnam Committee urges U.N. members to raise urgent human rights concerns at the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review on Vietnam
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 (...) continue

Hanoi’s Wrongs On Human Rights
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 (...) 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

2009-04-01
UBCV leader Thich Quang Do calls for a month of civil disobedience and at-home demonstrations in May to protest environmental destruction

2009-03-23
At the 10th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva: Vo Van Ai denounces Vietnam’s non-compliance with UN Treaties, dangers of Bauxite mining in Central Highlands, and Secret VPC anti-Human rights plan

2009-03-11
Update on the situation of UBCV leader Thich Quang Do

2009-02-26
Statement by Vo Van Ai to the Press Conference in US Congress: Vietnamese human rights defenders share concern on Secretary Clinton’s demotion of China Human Rights

2008-12-23
As they prepare to board a plane to Saigon: Hanoi prohibits visit by Euro MP Marco Pannella and Italian Senator Marco Perduca to Vietnam

2008-12-16
US Deputy Ambassador visits Buddhist monk Thich Thien Hanh in Hue

2008-12-04
Security Police assault UBCV monk Thich Nhat Ban and vandalize his pagoda

2008-11-18
Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam holds leadership meeting in Saigon

2008-11-01
Wives of detained dissidents launch appeal for their husbands’ release

2008-10-22
European Parliament calls for concrete mechanisms on human rights and democracy in new EU-Vietnam Agreement

 
 
 

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