Leaders of many faiths in Vietnam have reprimanded the government for brutally attacking followers of an independent group who protested against the planned destruction of their old temple. Six ...

They were commemorating a friend's death. The police stopped the members of the sect and confiscated motorcycles and registration documents. The arrest occurred after two months at the hands of ...

(New York) – Vietnamese authorities should immediately release the Hoa Hao Buddhist activist Nguyen Van Lia and drop all charges against him, Human Rights Watch said today. His trial is scheduled for ...

"All officials went on hunger strike to demand they be allowed to celebrate the 70th anniversary of our founder's absence," said Nguyen Ngoc Tan, head of communications for the Buddhist group. He said ...

Protesters belong to a sect that does not follow the official religious body. An Giang provincial authorities ordered the pagoda’s demolition. An elderly abbot is among those attacked. Hanoi (AsiaNews ...

HANOI, Vietnam -- Vietnam says it has imposed travel restrictions on a Buddhist sect leader accused of organizing a protest at which supporters planned to set themselves on fire. The People's Army ...

year for June 13. Another reason for the hunger strike was to protest an alleged attack against Hoa Hao followers on May 24. Plainclothes police reportedly attacked some Hoa Hao as they sought to ...