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As UN experts declare climate activist’s detention unlawful, President Biden should condition planned visit by Vietnam’s Nguyen Phu Trong to Washington D.C. on the release of Dang Dinh Bach

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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 […]

Vietnam Free Expression Newsletter No. 20/2023 – Week of May 16-22

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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 16-22. Energy issues dominate this week’s news as international organizations continue calling for the release of imprisoned environmental activists, even as the government releases the latest power development master plan […]

Vietnam Free Expression Newsletter No. 19/2023 – Week of May 9-15

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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 9-15. Take action in support of imprisoned NGO leader and climate activist Dang Dinh Bach and his family as they face potential seizure of their home. An award-winning environmental activist […]

As Dang Dinh Bach’s Hunger Strike Continues, His Family Faces Potential Forced Eviction: Letter from Tran Phuong Thao, Bach’s Wife, May 16, 2023

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Dang Dinh Bach In this letter, Tran Phuong Thao provides an update on her husband Dang Dinh Bach‘s conditions in prison and the ongoing harassment of their family, including forcible seizure of their assets and potentially their home. Bach is currently on a partial hunger strike to protest his unjust imprisonment and has vowed to […]

Vietnam Free Expression Newsletter No. 18/2023 – Week of May 2-8

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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 2-8. A spate of environment-related news highlights the risks Vietnam faces as it tries to reach its carbon-neutral goals and obligations– especially while its climate leaders remain targets of government […]

Vietnam Free Expression Newsletter No. 17/2023 – Week of April 25-May 1

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Greetings from The 88 Project. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of April 25-May 1. The disappearance of an asylum seeker in Thailand looks increasingly like another kidnapping of a Vietnamese dissenter on foreign soil. A father seeking answers for his son’s suspicious […]

Vietnam Free Expression Newsletter No. 16/2023 – Week of April 18-24

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Greetings from The 88 Project. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of April 18-24. In case you missed it, last week we released our new report, Weaponizing the law to prosecute the Vietnam Four, which details our investigation into the charges of tax […]

Report: Weaponizing the Law to Prosecute the Vietnam Four

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Vietnam: Law Weaponized to Prosecute Climate Activists G7 must demand no more arrests under energy transition deal (Bangkok, April 21, 2023) – The Vietnamese government arbitrarily applied criminal law to prosecute the country’s leading climate activists for tax evasion, Project 88 said in a report released today. The activists- Dang Dinh Bach, Nguy Thi Khanh, […]

Vietnam Free Expression Newsletter No. 15/2023 – Week of April 11-17

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Greetings from The 88 Project. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of April 11-17. This week’s Vietnam news is dominated by two major events: a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the severe prison sentence handed down to an activist […]