By Agence France-Presse, Updated: 1/7/2010
Followers of one of the world’s most influential Buddhist monks say they have gone underground in Vietnam after being forced from a pagoda that gave them refuge.
Followers of one of the world’s most influential Buddhist monks say they have gone underground in Vietnam after being forced from a pagoda that [...]
2010-01-07
Followers of an activist Vietnamese monk are forced underground.
AFP
Thich Nhat Hanh (R) at a pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City, March 16, 2007.
BANGKOK—Followers of a hugely influential Zen Buddhist monk say they have been forced to go underground after being evicted from the pagoda where they had been living.
Some 200 monks and nuns—devotees of [...]
Dear friends around the world,
It is the eve of December 31, 2009, the last day of the year. It marks a special moment for many of us; many will celebrate, many will make resolutions as we move into the New Year of 2010.
This time also marks a poignant moment for a community of monks and [...]
UPDATE 30th December
On Tuesday 29th December the last of the Bat Nha monks and nuns dispersed from Phuoc Hue temple in Bao Loc town. A 31st December deadline had been forcefully imposed for them to leave, following three days of government-led mob attacks on Phuoc Hue temple two weeks ago. Threats, harassment, and tight [...]
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Evading Vietnam police, monks head underground
By BEN STOCKING
Associated Press, 31 Dec, 09
Followers of a famous Buddhist monk have abandoned the temple in southern Vietnam where they had sought sanctuary and are on the run from police, who have been pressuring them for months to break up their monastic community and return to their home [...]
Associated France Press – 30 Dec, 09
HANOI — Members of an “illegal” Buddhist group in communist Vietnam who took refuge in a temple for three months have left the pagoda in accordance with a deadline, the temple’s head said on Wednesday.
MONKS AND NUNS
THREATENED WITH EVICTION
A mob with official backing is attempting to evict nearly 200 Buddhist monks and nuns from a monastery in central Viet Nam. The group have been sheltering there since they were evicted from another monastery in September, by a similar mob.
On 11 December a mob of around 100 people, some [...]
PRESS RELEASE from helpbatnha.org: 22 Dec. 09
On Monday 21 December, representatives of 400 Vietnamese Buddhist monks and nuns seeking temporary protection in France, met with Francois Zimeray, France’s Ambassador for Human Rights and Foreign Ministry officials in Paris.
“Ambassador Zimeray assured us that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would work together with the Vietnamese government [...]
Associated France Presse – Saturday 19 December
PARIS — Several hundred followers of a banned Buddhist group in communist Vietnam on Friday asked for asylum in France, where their leader is based, claiming that they face persecution at home.
“These monks are no longer safe. The Vietnamese government is not able to protect them. We are [...]
Dec 17, 2009 [original source]
By BEN STOCKING (AP)
HANOI, Vietnam — Followers of a famous Buddhist teacher plan to seek temporary asylum in France after months of pressure from Vietnam’s communist authorities to leave pagodas in the country’s south.
Some 400 disciples of Thich Nhat Hanh, who has popularized Buddhism in the West and sold millions of [...]