Thích Quảng Độ

Thich Quang Djo, and Thich Quang Do, ( born November 27, 1928 in the province of Thái Bình ) is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and human rights.

Life

Thich Quang Do was born in 1928 in the province of Thái Bình in North Vietnam. At 14, he became a monk. Three years later, he witnessed how his religious master was beheaded by the revolutionary people Tribunal.

Political opposition

During his time in the party leadership UBCV Do was an activist who fought against the anti- Buddhist goals of Ngo Dinh Diem. On August 20, 1963 he was arrested and detained by the police. He was later released.

After Vietnam in 1975 was under the control of the Communists Party Dos UBCV was again undesirable. Because of his protests against the actions of the government, he was arrested in April 1977 in the Phan Dang Luu prison and released in December 1978 after 20 months in prison.

In the same year he was nominated by Betty Williams and Mairead Maguire for the Nobel Peace Prize. When the government in 1982, the Vietnamese Buddhist Church founded, which was sponsored by the state and controlled by the Vietnam Fatherland Front, Thich Quang Do protested again. He was then detained again. He was sent into exile to the village Vu Doai. He remained there until 1992.

Awards

In 2001 he received the Hellmann - Hammett Prize for persecuted writers. In 2003 he was awarded the Homo Homini Award - from the Czech organization People in Need together with Venerable Thich Huyen Quang and Nguyễn Văn Lý. He was nominated among other things, nine times for the Nobel Peace Prize.

• Human rights
• Monk
• Vietnamese
• Born in 1928
• Man