Thích Huyền Quang

Thích Huyền Quang (19 September 1919 – 5 July 2008[1]) was a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, dissident and activist. At the time, he was the Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, a currently banned organisation in his homeland. He was notable for his activism for human and religious rights in Vietnam.

Thích Huyền Quang
TitleTăng thống
(Patriarch)
Personal
Born
Lê Đình Nhàn

(1919-09-19)19 September 1919
Bình Định Province, Vietnam, French Indochina
Died5 July 2008(2008-07-05) (aged 88)
Hồ Chí Minh City, Socialist Republic of Vietnam
ReligionBuddhism
NationalityVietnamese
DenominationThiền
SchoolLâm Tế (Linji Chan School)
In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Thich. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Quang.

In 1977, Quang wrote a letter to then-Prime Minister Phạm Văn Đồng detailing counts of oppression by the communist regime. For this, he and five other senior monks were arrested and detained.[1] In 1982, he was arrested and put on permanent house arrest for opposition to governmental policy after publicly denouncing the establishment of the state-controlled Vietnam Buddhist Sangha.[2]

In 2002, he was awarded the Homo Homini Award for his human rights activism by the Czech group People in Need, which he shared with Thích Quảng Độ and Father Nguyễn Văn Lý.[3]

Death

Quang died peacefully on Saturday, 5 July 2008, aged 88, at his monastery.[4][5][6][7] His funeral was held on Friday, 11 July 2008, without incident.[8]

References
  1. Vietnamese Federation For Fatherland's Integrity Archived 2008-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Dissident patriarch of Vietnam Buddhist group dies". Reuters. 6 July 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  3. "Previous Recipients of the Homo Homini Award". People in Need. Archived from the original on 1 May 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  4. Google News via AFP
  5. Dissident Vietnamese monk dies in Vietnam
  6. "Star Tribune article: "Patriarch of banned Vietnamese Buddhist church dies after years under house arrest"". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on 2 August 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2008.
  7. BBC News (11 July 2008). "Vietnamese dissident laid to rest". Retrieved 20 July 2008.
  8. Sahil Nagpal (11 July 2008). "Banned Vietnamese monk's funeral held without incident". Retrieved 12 July 2008.
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