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 […]
CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL REPORT Just two months before President Biden upgraded diplomatic relations with Vietnam in September 2023, the country’s top leaders issued a secret national security directive that offers a rare look into their paranoid minds, revealed Project88 in a report published on March 1. Directive 24 frames all […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of Feb. 16-22. An activist alleges he was abducted for hours of questioning. Three families of political prisoners recount recent, persistent harassment from the police – including interference with their livelihoods and residences. Tran Huynh Duy […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of Feb. 9-15. UN experts voice support for Dang Dinh Bach as he endures his third hunger strike and call for Vietnam to “stop targeting, convicting, and mistreating human rights defenders.” A family receives a rare, […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of Feb. 2-8. Our thoughts are with political prisoners and their families as we celebrate Tet. Two prisoners are currently on hunger strikes. One Facebook user was arrested this week, another was sentenced to three and a […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of Jan. 26-Feb. 1. A human rights defender who’s been in pre-trial detention for over two years has been diagnosed with cervical cancer. A rare admission by a prison official of physical abuse of a detainee. Another […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of Jan. 18-25. One political prisoner is currently in solitary confinement; another is believed to have been diagnosed with cancer. Hanoi sees developments on energy, the environment, defense, and business with several foreign governments. However, in […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of Jan. 10-17. A so-called godfather of state-run media was arrested amidst false rumors of the passing of Vietnam’s Party boss. Two Montagnards face death sentences for the Dak Lak uprising. A recently released prisoner alleges […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of Jan. 3-9. Read in Vietnamese: Project88’s analysis of the case against environmentalist and NGO leader Ngo Thi To Nhien. The English version is available here. *** Now that nearly all prominent democracy and environmental activists have been either […]