Greetings from The 88 Project. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of July 4-10. There have been more arrests and prison sentences based on Article 331 on the charge of “abusing democratic freedoms.” Police continue to pursue and prosecute suspects in the deadly […]
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 13-20, June 21-27, and June 28-July 3. Environment-related news continues to dominate as activist Hong Thinh Minh Hoang is formally charged and Dang Dinh Bach’s hunger strike enters its third […]
Featured Image: Hoang Thi Minh Hong, Source: CHANGE via RFA July 20, 2023, Bangkok — Project 88 joins 64 other international human rights, free expression, and environmental organizations in issuing an open letter calling on former U.S. President Barack Obama to pressure Vietnam to release a leading climate activist who was recently jailed on […]
June 19, 2023 Dear supporters, We are in the process of revising our research methodology to ensure that it reflects our values. Among others, these values include protecting human rights defenders– who we see as the agents of progressive social change– and recognizing the indivisibility of all types of human rights. This means that […]
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 6-12. We have an update on the detention of Hoang Thi Minh Hong. Another educator was arrested. Prominent NGO leader Dang Dinh Bach began a hunger strike to demand justice. […]
The text that follows is an update from June 9, 2023 from Dang Dinh Bach, paraphrased by his wife, Tran Phuong Thao, after visiting with him on June 11. An NGO leader and climate activist, Bach is currently serving five years in prison on charges of tax evasion, which we have argued are politically-motivated. Take […]
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 30-June 5. This week’s news cycle is dominated by the detention of a fifth NGO leader and environmental activist on tax evasion charges, which has caused a striking reaction throughout […]
BREAKING: Dang Dinh Bach informed his wife Tran Phuong Thao on May 30 that he will begin his full hunger strike on June 9 – the birthday of their 2-year-old son, rather than on June 24, as originally planned. Bach is currently on a partial hunger strike to protest his unjust imprisonment and has vowed […]
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 23-29. An “open trial,” that was anything but, resulted in a multi-year sentence for a noodle seller. His family members were assaulted by the police. A mysterious death in police […]
Dang Dinh Bach May 26, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden should condition a planned visit by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong in Washington D.C. as early as July on the unconditional release from prison of climate activists. Project 88 welcomes the early release of Goldman prize-winning climate activist […]