Hundreds attend funeral of Vietnam pro-democracy activist Hoang (AFP Feb. 17, 2008)
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Vietnam: Action Needed Now to End Religious Persecution

Vietnam Blacklisted as One of the Worst Violators of Religious Rights
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Rights group accuses Vietnam of persecuting Montagnard Christians AFP - Mon Jan 10,12:33 AM ET

Vietnam Suspends Monthly Paper After Reports on Officials: Press Watchdog (AFP  22 January 2005)

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British Medical Journal - Jan 20 3:43 PM

2005-01-18 | AFP
Buddhist monk returns from exile to political storm in Vietnam

2005-01-06 | AP
U.S. ambassador meets with deputy head of banned Vietnamese church

2004-12-10 | AFP
Vietnamese lawmaker on tour of US deflects criticism of Hanoi’s rights record

2004-11-26 | dpa
U.S. ambassador queries Vietnam’s treatment of Buddhist dissidents

2004-11-26 | AFP
US ambassador criticises Vietnam over treatment of dissident monks

2004-11-26 | AP
Vietnam should relax constraints on dissident monks : U.S. ambassador

2004-11-26 | dpa
U.S. ambassador queries Vietnam’s treatment of Buddhist dissidents

2004-11-26 | Reuters
US envoy urges Hanoi to let dissident monks travel

2004-11-22 | AFP
Dissident Vietnamese monk in tense stand-off with police

2004-11-22 | AP
U.S. officials meet monks from banned Vietnam Buddhist church

2004-11-19 | AFP
Vietnam-religion-rights - Patriarch of outlawed Vietnamese Buddhist church gravely ill

2004-11-15 | The Christian Post
Vietnam Committee on Human Rights Condemns Sentencing of Mennonite Pastor

2004-11-12 | AP
Mennonite pastor, five followers sentenced to jail in Vietnam

2004-11-04 | AFP
Members of Buddhist youth dissident group in Vietnam banned from traveling

2004-10-28 | dpa
Vietnamese Buddhist dissident seeks end to house arrest

2004-10-28 | AP
Vietnamese Buddhist monk under house arrest demands to freed

2004-10-28 | AFP
Prominent Buddhist dissident slams Vietnam for arbitrary detention

2004-10-07 | AP
European lawmakers call on EU leaders to raise human rights at ASEM summit

2004-10-07 | AFP
European parliamentarians demand release of Vietnamese Buddhist monks

2004-09-16 | AFP
Vietnam hits back at Washington religion report

2004-09-16 | dpa
U.S. designates Vietnam country of concern for religious freedom

2004-09-16 | Reuters
US adds Hanoi to list of nations abusing religion freedom

2004-09-16 | dpa
Vietnam slams U.S. religious freedom decision

2004-09-09 | Today@ABS-CBN
Vietnam restricts Cambodian, Burmese activists
By ESTRELLA TORRES - TODAY Reporter


2004-09-08 | The Nation
Getting Hanoi to loosen up

2004-09-06 | dpa
ASEM Peoples Forum kicks off in Vietnams capital

2004-09-06 | dpa
Journalists told no room at ASEM Peoples Forum in Vietnam

2004-09-06 | AP
Journalists banned from attending ASEM People’s Forum in Hanoi

2004-05-17 | AFP
US calls on Vietnam to let UNHCR have access to jailed Buddhist

2004-04-28 | AP
U.S. ambassador meets with head of outlawed Vietnam church

2004-04-10 | dpa
Kidnapped dissident U.N. refugee to be allowed to leave Vietnam

2004-04-08 | AP
UPDATE 1-Dissident Vietnam monk given nod to resettle

2004-04-06 | dpa
Vietnam uses espionage charges to suppress freedom, says rights group

2004-04-06 | AFP
US diplomats denied access to religious groups in Vietnam

2004-04-02 | AFP
UN refugee agency hopeful in talks with Vietnam over dissident

2004-03-29 | AFP
Vietnam-religion-rights-UN
UN granted permission to see Buddhist dissident in Vietnam


2004-03-29 | AP
U.N. official: Dissident monk could be allowed to resettle outside Vietnam

2004-03-18 | dpa
British official raises human rights concerns during Vietnam visit

2004-03-13 | AFP
Vietnamese Buddhist dissident jailed for 20 months

2004-03-09 | AFP
Rights body condemns Vietnam for political, religious repression

2003-11-19 | dpa
Vietnam slams human rights group’s criticism

2003-10-21 | AFP
Vietnam-religion-rights - Outlawed Buddhist church says Vietnam stepping up repression

2003-10-17 | Reuters
INTERVIEW-Vietnam religious head defends action on monks

2003-10-16 | AFP
Vietnam says three dissident monks under house arrest

2003-10-16 | AP
Vietnam places three monks from banned church under arrest

2003-10-16 | Reuters
Vietnam curbs travel for three Buddhist monks

2003-10-14 | Reuters
Thaw over, Vietnam tackles banned Buddhist group

2003-10-13 | AFP
Buddhist monk placed under house arrest in Vietnam crackdown

2003-10-12 | AFP
Vietnam flexes muscles over outlawed Buddhist church

2003-10-11 | AFP
Buddhist group concerned over escalation of “repression” in Vietnam

2003-10-11 | AP
Vietnam says monks from banned church illegally set up secret organization

2003-10-11 | Reuters
UPDATE 2-Vietnam monks innocent of secrets charge-group

2003-10-11 | dpa
Vietnam-Dissidents - Vietnam accuses dissident Buddhist monks of plot

2003-10-10 | AFP
Vietnam says two dissident monks could face house arrest

2003-10-10 | Reuters
Vietnam says monks found with “state secrets”

2003-10-10 | AP
Two leaders of banned Vietnamese faith accused of c...

2003-10-10 | dpa
Dissident Buddhist leaders arrested in Vietnam

2003-10-09 | AFP
Vietnam denies stand-off with dissident Buddhists

2003-10-08 | Reuters
Vietnam Buddhist monks stopped by security - report

2003-10-08 | dpa
Stand-off between Buddhist leaders and Vietnamese security services escalates

2003-10-08 | dpa
Leader of banned Buddhist sect goes on hunger strike in Vietnam

2003-10-08 | AFP
Vietnam backs down in stand-off with dissident Buddhist monks

2003-10-08 | AFP
Dissident Vietnamese monks in vehicle stand-off with police

2003-10-08 | AFP
Dissident Vietnamese monks in vehicle stand-off with police

2003-10-08 | AP
Police allow Vietnamese monks to leave province aft...

2003-10-08 | AP
Report : Vietnamese monks from banned church holed up in a minivan

2003-09-19 | AFP
Police in Vietnam obstruct assembly of banned Buddhist church : UBCV

2003-09-16 | dpa
Vietnam-Dissident - Rights group slams Vietnam’s announcement about dissident monk feared kidnapped

2003-06-19 | dpa
Vietnam defends Internet restrictions, denies thwarting free speech

2003-06-19 | dpa
Press freedom group slams dissident’s harsh prison sentence

2003-06-05 | dpa
Vietnam says jailed dissident monk may be released before September

2003-05-16 | dpa
European Parliament ‘alarmed’ at Vietnam dissident crackdown

2003-04-08 | dpa
Crowds greet leader of banned Buddhist sect in Vietnam

2003-04-05 | Kyodo
Vietnam premier meets dissident Buddhist leader

2003-04-02 | dpa
Detained Buddhist patriarch meets Vietnam’s prime minister

Vietnamese Buddhist leader appeals for international help
Communist authorities posted an order to demolish the gate of the Quang Minh Temple, a Hoa Hao Buddhist temple in the Long Dien
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns today's sentencing of Internet essayist Le Chi Quang to four years in prison.
The Ha Noi People's Court sentenced Le Chi Quang to four-year imprisonment on Friday for "propaganda against the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam".
Communist flag should be hung or not at the Multi-Cultural Center of this College.
Cardinal Nguyên Van Thuân Dies. Vietnamese Had Spent Years in Confinement
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom asks Secretary Powell to Raise Religious Freedom Issues With Vietnam at ASEAN Meeting
Letter to Senator John Kerry concerning Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2001, HR 2833, The Building Blocks to a Peaceful Society
Nguyen thi Ngoc Hanh, who is she?
Vietnamese press accounts of Ambassador Burghardt's March 15 meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Dung inaccurately portrayed some aspects of the ambassador's comments in the meeting.
Vietnam Opposes to U.S. Human Rights Report, despite the US State Department said Vietnam's rights record was poor and had worsened in some respects last year, with numerous serious abuses continuing.
DECLARATION TO THE WORLD COMMUNITY ON REJECTION OF SINO-VIETNAMESE BORDER AGREEMENTS
U.S. President George W. Bush asked Chinese President Jiang Zemin to respect religious liberty and to open communications with the Vatican and the Dalai Lama.
Letter to The Honorable Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations on our protest of the surrender of Vietnamese national soil to China by the Communist regime in Vietnam
We, members of the Vietnamese Community in Australia and supporters of human rights, wish to bring to your attention the latest gross human rights violation of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV)’s government on the people of Vietnam. 
TESTIMONY OF MICHAEL K. YOUNG, CHAIR, U.S. COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS 
The Nobel Peace Prize, more than any other national or international symbol, upholds the virtues of peace, promotes social justice, and honors those brave enough to risk life, limb, and liberty in their pursuit.  Two Vietnamese religious leaders, Venerable Thich Quang Do and Father Nguyen Van Ly embody those principles. 
The people of Vietnam respectfully convey to Mr. President this letter-protesting against the Bilateral Accords to realign the land and sea borders signed between The People of Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on  December 30 th,1999 and December 25th,2000 
Vietnam recently launched a new campaign of repression against its Montagnards, or mountain people, forcing them to drink pigs' blood and renounce their Christian faith publicly, the newspaper Avvenire reports. 
John Paul II appealed for religious liberty for Catholics in Vietnam, when he met today with the bishops of that Communist country. 
 I am deeply touched and admire your brave action to raise your voice to support the struggle of Father Thadeus Nguyen Van Ly to demand the return of our Church’s properties and true religious freedom in Vietnam as well as your protest against the government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in the imprisonment of Father Ly.
Attorney Nguyen Van Minh’s moving letter to support Father Thadeus Nguyen Van Ly.
International Religious Freedom Report : Both the Constitution and government decrees provide for freedom of worship; however, the Government continued to restrict those organized activities of religious groups that it declared to be at variance with state laws and policies. ,released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 
To The Honorable Thomas A. Daschle U.S. Majority Leader 509 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510-4103 Dear Senator Daschle:
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 410-1 on Thursday to link increases in non-humanitarian aid to Vietnam to progress on human rights. 
DECLARATION OF VIETNAMESE PRIESTS ABROAD
H. R. 2368: To promote freedom and democracy in Viet Nam. 
THE WHITE HOUSE FACT SHEET: Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement Historic Strengthening of the U.S.-Vietnam Relationship
VIETNAM-US TRADE WATCH 
Sample letter that sent to US Congressman on the significantly stepped up its campaign to crackdown on religious freedom.
European Parliament: prioritary written question of Marco Pannella (radical, Italy) to the Commission on the “Montagnards tribes” in Vietnam 
Vietnam arrests cleric, draws protest in O.C. The Rev. Nguyen Van Ly had distributed anti-communist leaflets. 
Orange County Register, Southern California 
Rome (Fides) – ‘Yes’ to three bishops, ‘no’ to three others and "at a later date" for diplomatic relations: this is the result of the annual official visit of a Vatican delegation to Vietnam, 11-17 June
The expulsion from Vietnam of two Europeans, including a member of the European Parliament, was viewed with mounting concern among diplomats on Thursday as Vietnam's rights record once again drew international attention
We understand that on June 11, you will come to Vietnam as official delegates of the Vatican ...
A European lawmaker said Thursday he and his assistant were interrogated for four hours before being expelled from Vietnam for trying to visit a dissident Buddhist monk
600 police officers surrounded a church in Hue early Thursday and seized a priest
URGENT NEWS: VIETNAMESE COMMUNIST POLICE ARRESTED FATHER NGUYEN VAN LY
STATEMENT OF REV. NGUYEN HUU LE
Decree of the Chairman of the People’s Provincial Executive Committee Administrative Arrest
Statement from Norwegian Parliamentarian Lars Rise on the arrest of Father Nguyen Van Ly
Second testimony of Father Nguyen Van Ly, prisoner of conscience, on May 16, 2001 Congress Hearing
Statement of Protest From Reverend Chan Tin On the Arrest of the Reverend Nguyen Van Ly by the Police
Commission Hearing on Religious-Freedom Violations in Vietnam, Indonesia
A summary of Reverend THICH GIAC LUONG ‘s statement to the Conference on Religious freedom in Vietnam.

   
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