What is Thích Quảng Độ?
'''Thích Quảng Độ''' ({{IPA-vi|tʰɨt̚˦˥ waːŋ˨˩˦ ʔɗow˨˩˨|}}; 27 November 1928 – 22 February 2020) was a Vietnamese [[Bhikkhu|Buddhist monk]] and scholar. He was the patriarch of the [[Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam]] (UBCV) from 2008 until his death.<ref>[http://www.rfa.org/english/news/vietnam/burn-02172012185416.html Self-Immolation 'Only Possible Recourse'], RFA, 17 February 2012</ref> He was detained repeatedly by the communist authorities in the last 45 years of his life. In 2002, he was awarded the [[Homo Homini Award]] for human rights activism.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clovekvtisni.cz/index2en.php?id=549|title=Previous Recipients of the Homo Homini Award|publisher=[[People In Need (Czech Republic)|People In Need]]|access-date=17 April 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501192644/http://www.clovekvtisni.cz/index2en.php?id=549|archive-date=1 May 2011}}</ref> He was also awarded the [[Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize]] and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. He died on 22 February 2020 in [[Ho Chi Minh City]] of [[diabetes]]-related problems at the age of 91.<ref name=bbc>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/vietnamese/world-51602455 |publisher=[[BBC]] |title=Hòa thượng Thích Quảng Độ 'hiến dâng cả đời đấu tranh cho tự do tôn giáo |date= 23 February 2020|access-date= 23 February 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [https://www.rafto.no/the-rafto-prize/thich-quang-do Video: interview of Thích Quảng Độ under house arrest (Oslo Freedom Forum, 2010)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228023050/https://www.rafto.no/the-rafto-prize/thich-quang-do |date=2020-02-28 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Thich Quang Do}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Academics]] [[Category:Human rights activists]] [[Category:Buddhist clergy]] [[Category:Vietnamese people]] {{bio-stub}}