Quê Mẹ 153-154

Table of Contents

• Between mountains and clouds (5) Thi Vũ
• Towards the Globalization of Democracy Võ Văn Ái
• Quê Me: 1999, a Year of International Human Rights Campaigns Quốc Nhân
• Venerable Thich Quang Do is nominated for the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize Thanh Liên
• Thich Quang Do’s New Year Appeal to the VCP and State :
  – Abolition of the death penalty, reduced taxation for peasants, release of prisoners of conscience and the reestablishment of the banned UBCV Thích Quảng Độ
• 1999: A year of intense human rights activism in Vietnam Trần Phổ Minh
• Choe’s Vietnam: Cartoons from the Vietnamese official press Choé
• Do Tu Xuan (short story) Akutagawa Ryunosuke
• It happened in Spring… (memoirs sent clandestinely from Vietnam) Quách Tấn
• The art of translating poetry Bùi Giáng
• Songs from the heart of stone: Interview with Vietnamese sculptor Le Thanh Nhon Ỷ Lan Penelope Faulkner
• Poetry blossoms in the depths of despair: On three poems by To Thuy Yen written during 10 years in reeducation camp Vũ Hoàng Thư
• The forgotten generation: violations of childrens’ rights in Vietnam Tưởng Năng Tiến
• Selection of Poems Đặng Thế Kiệt, Luân Hoán, Quách Tấn, Thi Vũ, Vũ Hoàng Chương
• Press Statements by VCHR and IBIB :
  – At World Trade Organisation Summit in Seattle, VCHR calls for inclusion of human rights and labour rights in all international trade agreements
  – Thich Quang Do is accused of “violating national security” for letters to US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and EU Ambassadorsin Hanoi
  – Senator Orrin Hatch calls for release Thich Huyen Quang
  – Security Police interrogate Thich Tue Sy and confiscate his computer
  – “We didn’t hesitate to kick out UN expert Amor, so don’t think you stand any chance!”
  – Thich Khong Tanh is detained for interrogation
  – International NGOs protest harassment of Buddhist human rights defenders in Vietnam
  – Vo Van Ai re-appointed as UBCV International Spokesman
  – IBIB confirmed ass overseas information office PTTPGQT, VCHR
• In Open letter to VCP, Thich Quang Do calls for the right to publish an independent Buddhist Journal in Vietnam Thích Quảng Độ
• Commentary on eight false and calumnious interpretations of Buddhism by the Communist Party and State Võ Văn Ái
• US Diplomat visits UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang in internal exile in Quang Ngai PTTPGQT
• Let’s begin the year 2000 by speaking frankly to each other Phạm Trần
• Comments on the calumnious allegations of Tin Nha magazine, Do Manh Tri and Father Chan Tin Cát Tường
• Interview with Thich Quang Do on the “Inter-religious Appeal for Religious Freedom in Vietnam” Quê Mẹ
• Appeal to save Que Me from eviction Quê Mẹ