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Vietnam Free Expression Newsletter No. 16/2024 – Week of April 15-21

Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of April 15-21. Project88’s work exposing the secret government document Directive 24 continues to shape international discourse.  Experts from the Human Rights Committee tasked with preparing a list of issues to be addressed during the review of […]

Vietnam Free Expression Newsletter No. 15/2024 – Week of April 7-14

Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of April 7-14. Apple’s CEO visits Vietnam to elevate its “connection with local suppliers, clean water projects and education opportunities.” The visit comes just days after Project88 and dozens of other environmental and human rights organizations called on the company […]

Vietnam Free Expression Newsletter No. 14/2024 – Week of March 31-April 6

Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of March 31-April 6. “Describing meetings with Western diplomats and EU officials since his organization published Directive 24 – the existence of which has been repeatedly reference by top Vietnamese leaders, and in state media and […]

Vietnam Free Expression Newsletter No. 13/2024 – Week of March 23-30

Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of March 23-30. In the past week, Vietnam has arrested five Buddhists from the same pagoda and three other men on charges of “abusing democratic freedoms.” A court also sentenced an administrator of a Facebook group […]

“I wonder if they not only strip him of his rights, but also strip him of his humanity” — Dang Dinh Bach’s Family Alleges Prison Has Denied Him Photos of His Young Son, Books

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 has denied Bach photos of his young son — who was only weeks old when Bach was arrested — and his elderly parents, as well as books of various topics. […]

Vietnam Free Expression Newsletter No. 12/2024 – Week of March 15-22

Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of March 15-22. In response to a question from VOA about the human rights implications of Directive 24, Vietnam’s Foreign Affairs Ministry did not refer to our report by name but said the ministry opposes “false and fabricated information […]

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 […]