Thích Huyền Quang (19 September 1919 – 5 July 2008) 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.
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19 September 1919 Bình Định Province, Vietnam, French Indochina
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Died |
5 July 2008 (aged 88) Hồ Chí Minh City, Socialist Republic of Vietnam
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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