Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam from Sept. 24-Oct. 3. One day before General Secretary To Lam met with U.S. President Joe Biden, Vietnam sentenced a Facebook user to eight years in prison. Days later, Thailand granted Vietnam’s request to extradite indigenous rights activist […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam from Sept. 14-23. After a concerted advocacy campaign by Project88 and others, climate leader Hoang Thi Minh Hong is free. So is democracy activist and entrepreneur Tran Huynh Duy Thuc. Both were released on September 20, synchronized with […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam from Sept. 1-13. Journalist Nguyen Vu Binh was sentenced to seven years in prison this week. And next week, another journalist, Phan Van Bach, faces trial; he is in dire health behind bars, currently weighing only 88lbs. Press […]
Next week marks one year since the U.S. and Vietnam elevated diplomatic relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. In a timeline below, Project88 reflects on major human rights events during the first year of the upgrade, including the revelation of Directive 24, the arrest of key labor reformers, the attempted extradition of Montagnard activist Y […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam from August 23-31. Y Quynh Bdap’s extradition hearing continues in Bangkok. A Facebook user is sentenced to six years in prison in Vietnam. Journalist Nguyen Vu Binh and blogger Phan Van Bach are both expected to be tried […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam from August 15-22. Our new report, Apocalypse soon? Vietnam’s unjust energy transition, discusses a lack of progress and participation in Vietnam’s G7-funded energy transition. Our report concluded that all parties have failed to live up to their sides of […]
On August 15, a Hanoi court sentenced Nguyen Chi Tuyen, also known as Anh Chi, to five years in prison for “making, storing or distributing information, documents and items aimed against the state of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam” (Article 117). Only his wife and lawyers were allowed in the courtroom. Nguyen Chi Tuyen was […]
Nguyen Van Dung in a 2021 interview with Project88 On May 8, 2024, Nguyen Van Dung’s body washed ashore on the Red River near Chau Son Village. He had gone missing two days after being released from police custody, where he was held and interrogated for three straight days. Nguyen Van Dung, also known as […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam from August 8-14. This week, Project88 released a new report, Apocalypse soon? Vietnam’s unjust energy transition, on Vietnam’s G7-funded energy transition. Under the arrangement, called the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), nine rich governments committed to mobilize $15.5 billion in […]
Nguyen Chi Tuyen will be tried for “making, storing or distributing information, documents and items aimed against the state of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam” (Article 117) on August 15 in Hanoi. He was arrested on February, 29, 2024, and held incommunicado. Project88 spoke with Bennett Murray, former bureau chief for DPA (the German press […]