Today I wrote to the Governments of Thailand and Vietnam expressing my concerns over the safety, treatment, and location of Montagnard human rights defender #YQuynhBdap
The United States is taking decisive action in response to the atrocities and violence against Christians in Nigeria and around the world. The @StateDept will restrict U.S. visas for those who knowingly direct, authorize, fund, support, or carry out violations of religious freedom. This visa policy applies to Nigeria and other governments or individuals that persecute people for their religious beliefs.
At Prague Castle with @prezidentpavel and @CzechMFA we hosted leaders, religious representatives, and defenders of #ReligiousFreedom from around the world. In times of conflict and polarization, our message was: freedom of belief is the foundation of peace and dignity. #IRFBA
🌸 This Vu Lan Festival, Vietnam’s Buddhist Mother’s Day, we stand in solidarity with Thien Quang Pagoda & the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam.
As communities gather on Sunday, Sept. 7, to honor filial piety, we reaffirm our commitment to protecting places of worship and promoting peaceful coexistence 🕊️
#VuLan #Ullambana #FORB #Vietnam #ThienQuangPagoda #ReligiousFreedom #InterfaithDialogue #IPPFORB @trosfrihet
@IPP_FoRB Thien Quang Pagoda is featured in a recent report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) as a victim of religious repression: https://t.co/2XdKZ8KT7c
@IPP_FoRB Thien Quang Pagoda is featured in a recent report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) as a victim of religious repression: https://t.co/2XdKZ8KT7c
I went to war-torn #Ukraine to stand with @ZelenskyyUa and religious leaders: 652 sacred places in rubble, 67 faith leaders killed. And yet their spirit endures. Ukrainians must be free to worship without fear. Truth and love must prevail over lies and hatred. #FoRB#IRFBA
Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. To have or not have a religion or belief. To manifest it without fear.
The EU defends this right globally through diplomacy and support to at risk communities.
Read more: https://t.co/Z9U6ra374b
#UNIDVRBV
@benedictrogers@IRFSummit@SamuelBrownback@BobFu4China@DoctorThang MPS has labeled BPSOS a terrorism-linked organization for defending Montagnard Christians in Thailand against transnational repression by the Vietnamese government. Now you all are linked to a terrorism-linked organization. Perhaps the entire globlal FoRB network is implicated.
@benedictrogers@IRFSummit@SamuelBrownback@BobFu4China@DoctorThang MPS has labeled BPSOS a terrorism-linked organization for defending Montagnard Christians in Thailand against transnational repression by the Vietnamese government. Now you all are linked to a terrorism-linked organization. Perhaps the entire globlal FoRB network is implicated.
@benedictrogers@IRFSummit@SamuelBrownback@BobFu4China@DoctorThang MPS has labeled BPSOS a terrorism-linked organization for defending Montagnard Christians in Thailand against transnational repression by the Vietnamese government. Now you all are linked to a terrorism-linked organization. Perhaps the entire globlal FoRB network is implicated.
How extraordinary
I have said very little about #Vietnam. But I chaired a panel at last year's @IRFSummit. Now Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security has a red cross over me.
Proud to be in great company with the wonderful @SamuelBrownback@BobFu4China@DoctorThang and others!
HRF urges Vietnam to immediately release To Hoang Chuong and Thach Cuong and calls on the international community to hold Vietnam accountable for its ongoing targeting of activists and members of the Khmer Krom indigenous group.
A bad and sad decision that could cost lives: I condemn Thailand’s forced return of 40 #Uyghur men to #China. This is a dereliction of Thailand’s duty as a member of #HRC to uphold human rights and #FoRB at home and abroad. #Thailand https://t.co/hopgvaViSn
Organization of the #KurdistanPrayerBreakfast and respect for religious plurality puts #Kurdistan 30 years ahead in the region! Great honor for me to speak at this historic event about #ReligiousFredom and meet as Chair of #IRFBA the esteemed #KRG ministers.
Did Sri Lankan police pull plug on Vietnamese monk’s tour until he changes visa?
“Last December, he left Vietnam on a journey by foot to India, the birthplace of Buddhism. After crossing Laos, he entered Thailand with a plan to hike across conflict-wracked Myanmar, but ran into logistical and visa problems. He has since traveled to Malaysia, and a week ago arrived in Sri Lanka, a predominantly Buddhist nation. He still hopes to make it to India.” @RadioFreeAsia@anuradisanayake@RNS@USEmbassyVN@USCIRF@IrfRoundtable
@SoooMD@anuradisanayake Research done by US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) reveals VBS to be a pseudo religious organization created and used by the communist regime in Vietnam for religious repression and for deception: https://t.co/2XdKZ8KT7c
URGENT APPEAL @anuradisanayake Protecting International Buddhist Delegation-
Monk Thich Minh Tue and fellow Vietnamese Dhutanga monks are facing difficulty with their pilgrimage on foot in Sri Lanka because of allegations by Vietnam's state-controlled Vietnamese Buddhist Sangha (VBS). The Vietnamese Dhutanga monks is are being falsely accused of being fake monks hired by human traffickers to scam donors.
Sri Lankan government authorities should protect these Dhutanga monks from transnational repression and facilitate their pilgrimage.
This is an urgent appeal to - President @anuradisanayake@SriLankaTweet@FT_SriLanka@Dr_HariniA@SriLankanEye@MFA_SriLanka@sulorammohan@USCIRF@IrfRoundtable@Sean_ADFIntl@nadinemaenza@BoatPeopleSOS@Dailymirror_SL@tricyclemag
https://t.co/lEcpJkI09g