Greetings from The 88 Project! We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the weeks of June 28 – July 4 and July 5-11. An unusual string of arrests took place within a two-week period. The arrested were: activist Le Dung Vova, who had been evading police […]
Greetings from The 88 Project! We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of June 21-27. The investigation of Trinh Ba Phuong and Nguyen Thi Tam has concluded. A trial date has been set for the trial of journalist Pham Chi Thanh. Vietnam has moved […]
Greetings from The 88 Project! We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of May 31-June 6. One more Facebooker has been sentenced to prison for “anti-state propaganda.” An independent journalist is now a fugitive wanted by the police. The US annual report on Religious […]
Greetings from The 88 Project! We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of May 24-30, 2021. Election enforcers harassed the wife of a jailed independent candidate. A political prisoner was mysteriously injured in his cell. An independent blogger escaped arrest by not being at […]
Greetings from The 88 Project! We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of May 17-23, 2021. Top of the news is the “election” for the National Assembly, a rubber-stamp body, that occurs every five years. Read updates on one independent candidate who was arrested, […]
Greetings from The 88 Project! We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of May 10-16, 2021. A former police officer was arrested for his Youtube channel. The UN published a report on the impact of disinformation on society. A Berlin court confirmed Vietnam’s involvement […]
Nguyen Thuy Hanh is a prominent human right activist and the founder of the ‘50k Fund’. The fund collects donations and provides financial support to the families of human rights prisoners of conscience. On April 7, 2021, human right activist Hanh was arrested for spreading “propaganda” opposing the state and became a human rights prisoner […]
Vietnam’s independent journalists are under siege, and there is little cause for optimism. On April 24, Tran Thi Tuyet Dieu became the latest independent journalist to be jailed for daring to criticize Vietnam’s ruling communist party. Dieu was handed an eight year sentence for criticizing the party and human rights advocacy on social media. According […]
Vietnam’s environmental record is a cause for concern and so too is its record on free speech and human rights. This makes life difficult for environmental activists who try to hold the government to account, many of whom have been harassed or arrested by the regime. Like in many developing countries, rapid economic growth in […]
Who is Tran Thi Xuan? Tran Thi Xuan is a Catholic activist from Ha Tinh province in central Vietnam. Xuan participated in protests following the Formosa environmental disaster in April 2016 after the steel plant released toxic chemicals into the ocean, destroying wildlife and devastating the local economy which relies heavily on fishing. Xuan is […]