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• At the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva :
  – VCHR reports on new crack-down on Communist critics Tran Do, Phan Dinh Dieu, Hoang Minh Chinh, Nguyen Thanh Giang and UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang
  – UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention issues Opinion on the arbitrary detention of UBCV monks Thich Quang Do, Thich Tri Tuu & Thich Thien Minh
  – Under international pressure, Hanoi accepts visit of UN Special Rapporteur on Religious Intolerance to Vietnam Quốc Nhân
• Reflexions on the Anniversary of Buddha’s Birth Võ Văn Ái
• On the 2542 Anniversary of Buddha’s Birth, four Nobel Prize laureates call for the release of detained Buddhist leaders in Vietnam Đức Dalai Lama, François Jacob, José Ramos-Horta, Mairead Maguire
• Nobel Peace Prize Laureate José Ramos-Horta appeals for release of UBCV leader Thich Huyen Quang Trọng Nghĩa
• Conference on “Human Rights & Asian Values” at the UN with Wei Jing-Sheng (China), Lobsang Nyandak (Tibet) Thaung Htun (Burma), José Ramos-Horta, Vo Van Ai (Vietnam) Hoàng Hoa
• Asian democrats denounce contradiction between human rights and “Asian values” Jean-Claude Buhrer
• Universality in Asian philosophy: a Vietnamese Perspective of Human Rights Võ Văn Ái
• 25,000 Buddhists celebrate Vesak in the USA & launch appeal for religious freedom in Vietnam Liên Kỳ
• Nostalgia Vũ Hoàng Thư
• Markus Wolf, “The Man Without a Face” (2) Trần Bình Nam
• Nguyen Trai and the “Ca Bla On Na (uc Nang Sutra”: study of the XVth century Nom translation of the Buddhist sutra (6) Lê Hữu Mục
• Confessions from the official press: serious shortcomings in children’s education Nguyễn thị Oanh
• Awareness here and now (2) Tâm Tràng Ngô Trọng Anh
• Press Statements by VCHR & IBIB :
  – Movement of Buddhist Sangha for the Protection of the Faith denounces infiltration of 3000 security police into Buddhist pagodas & calls for repeal of ban on alms begging and traditional Buddhist practices
  – Thich Tam Tich, Patriarch of the State Buddhist Church, criticizes abuse of power of the Security Police and Government Religious Affairs Bureau
  – On Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai’s visit to Europe, VCHR urges EU countries to press for respect of freedom of expression in Vietnam
  – UBCV delegation meets Abdelfattah Amor, UN Special Rapporteur on Religious Intolerance PTTPGQT, VCHR