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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 4-10. The Vietnamese government has been harassing and conducting reprisals against jailed environmental leader Dang Dinh Bach’s wife, Tran Phuong Thao. Read the details in our open letter, here. Nguyen […]
H.E. Le Thanh Long Minister of Justice, Viet Nam H.E. General To Lam Minister of Public Security, Viet Nam April 10, 2023 Your Excellencies, Re: Harassment and reprisals against wife of human rights defender Đặng Đình Bách (Dang Dinh Bach). We are writing in regards to […]
Greetings from The 88 Project. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of March 28-April 3. A husband and wife team lost their appeal, unsurprisingly. However, two other prisoners have been released early for reasons unknown. On the other hand, another recent recipient of […]
Greetings from The 88 Project. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of March 21-27. A prominent activist was sentenced to six years in prison. Two recently released prisoners describe the physical conditions in their respective prison camps. One political prisoner’s family is now […]
Greetings from The 88 Project. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of March 13-19. Two recently released prisoners talked to The 88 Project about their experiences in prison. A Facebooker was arrested. A father and son were put on trial for their involvement in […]