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Vietnam Free Expression Newsletter No. 11/2024 – Week of March 8-14

Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of March 8-14. Project88 writes about increasing cyber repression in a joint report with the ASEAN Regional Coalition to #StopDigitalDictatorship. Meanwhile, US businesses plan to sell equipment to Vietnam’s police, and Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications has […]

Family Alleges Prison Deprived Dang Dinh Bach of Food

Below is a letter from Tran Phuong Thao, wife of imprisoned climate leader Dang Dinh Bach. In it, she alleges Prison No. 6 in Nghe An province deliberately withheld a package of food from Bach, leaving him to have essentially no access to food for two weeks. This serious allegation should be thoroughly investigated by […]

Vietnam Free Expression Newsletter No. 10/2024 – Week of March 1-7

Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of March 1-7. On March 1, Project88 released the report, “Vietnam’s communist party declares war on human rights as a matter of official policy,” which reveals the contents of a secret national security directive issued by Vietnam’s […]

Vietnam Free Expression Newsletter No. 9/2024 – Week of Feb 23-29

We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of Feb. 23-29. On Friday, March 1, Project88 released the report, “Vietnam’s communist party declares war on human rights as a matter of official policy,” which reveals the contents of a secret national security directive issued by […]

Vietnam Free Expression Newsletter No. 8/2024 – Week of Feb. 16-22

Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of Feb. 16-22. An activist alleges he was abducted for hours of questioning. Three families of political prisoners recount recent, persistent harassment from the police – including interference with their livelihoods and residences. Tran Huynh Duy […]

Vietnam Free Expression Newsletter No. 7/2024 – Week of Feb. 9-15

Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of Feb. 9-15. UN experts voice support for Dang Dinh Bach as he endures his third hunger strike and call for Vietnam to “stop targeting, convicting, and mistreating human rights defenders.” A family receives a rare, […]

Vietnam Free Expression Newsletter No. 6/2024 – Week of Feb. 2-8

Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of Feb. 2-8. Our thoughts are with political prisoners and their families as we celebrate Tet. Two prisoners are currently on hunger strikes. One Facebook user was arrested this week, another was sentenced to three and a […]

Vietnam Free Expression Newsletter No. 5/2024 – Week of Jan. 26-Feb. 1

Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of Jan. 26-Feb. 1. A human rights defender who’s been in pre-trial detention for over two years has been diagnosed with cervical cancer. A rare admission by a prison official of physical abuse of a detainee. Another […]