Thích Quảng Độ
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Thích Quảng Độ (born November 27, 1928) is a Vietnamese Buddhist leader and critic of the Vietnamese government. In 2006 he was awarded the Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize.
He was born Dang Phuc Tue in Thai Binh Province, Vietnam. He has been a member of the leadership of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam since the 1960s. He has criticised the current regime of Vietnam and has been jailed several times. In 2001 he lauched the "Appeal for Democracy in Vietnam" plan and was placed under house arrest in Thanh Minh Zen temple in Saigon.
[edit] External links
- "The Most Venerable Thich Quang Do: Secretary General Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam" Vietnamese Federation For Fatherland's Integrity site, Voices of Conscience section.
- A newspaper article (Norwegian)
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