Tag: Buddhist monks
Nearly 5 dozen Buddhist monks detained in Myanmar since military coup
Monks who peacefully protest junta rule face arrest and other forms of harassment
Vietnamese religious leader appeals five-year sentence
Le Tung Van from the Peng Lei House Buddhist Church was sentenced on July 21 on charges of "abusing democratic freedoms"
Nearly 40 Buddhist clergy killed and 40 jailed since Myanmar coup
The 38 monks and one nun were killed between Feb. 1, 2021 — the day the military seized power — and mid-April 2022
Hardline Buddhist monks back pro-junta militias in Myanmar, says report
A report on Radio Free Asia said the monks have even undergone weapons training clad in saffron robes
Monks flee temples in eastern Myanmar as fighting intensifies
The UN said more than half the population of Loikaw township has been internally displaced
Cambodian monk seeks overseas asylum after release from detention in Thailand
Ven. Bor Bet had taken refuge in Thailand in November 2020 to avoid arrest for joining protests in Phnom Penh
Activist Cambodian monk defrocked, arrested in Thailand
Several activists have been incarcerated in a wider crackdown by Hun Sen on the political opposition and civil society
Cambodia’s Hun Sen cuts Buddhist festival short as COVID-19 cases rise
Cambodia canceled the festival in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, but Hun Sen previously said that this year festivals could continue
Cambodia halts ‘Festival of the Dead’ after COVID outbreak
Cambodia largely avoided the spread of the pandemic last year but surging infections since have seen more than 105,000 cases
Defrocked monk jailed in Cambodia for ‘obstructing’ COVID-19 measures
Pang Soda, formerly the abbot of a temple in Kompong Cham province, was arrested and sent to Prey Sar Prison on Tuesday
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