Authorities in Vietnam have announced that the trial of Pham Doan Trang has been delayed after a member of the prosecution contracted COVID-19, just a day after the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) called for her immediate and unconditional release. In a statement released on October 25, the group accused the government […]
Position Description: Co-Director October 2021 The 88 Project is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization based in the United States. Founded in 2012, The 88 Project supports and encourages freedom of expression in Vietnam by sharing the stories of and advocating for Vietnamese activists who are persecuted because of their peaceful dissent. The 88 Project is looking […]
Ahead of her upcoming trial on 4 November, the undersigned 28 human rights and freedom of expression organizations today condemn the ongoing arbitrary detention of independent journalist and woman human rights defender Pham Doan Trang. We call on the Vietnamese authorities to immediately and unconditionally release and drop all charges against her. The persecution 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 October 18-24. Pham Doan Trang sees a lawyer for the first time since her arrest a year ago; the family asks that she get medical attention. Trinh Ba Phuong’s wife, Thu Do, was […]
Greetings from The 88 Project! We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of October 11-17. One year after her arrest, Pham Doan Trang finally has a court date, one day before the first trial for Trinh Ba Phuong, who has yet to see a lawyer. The […]
Do Le Na, the wife of Le Trong Hung (an independent politician), reported that her 10-year-old child has been followed around by secret Vietnamese police. A classmate of his has been spreading rumors about his father, an independent politician. Several adults in the neighborhood stopped the child outside the house and asked if his father […]
Greetings from The 88 Project! We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of October 4-10. Economic pressure has forced the government to ease up on harsh lockdown measures as multinational companies begin to move some production out of Vietnam. But as the months-long lockdown was lifted, hundreds […]
Greetings from The 88 Project! We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of September 27-October 3. Lockdown in Vietnam’s biggest city was lifted just as economic pressures caused several foreign companies to move production out of the country. Migrant laborers leaving the city were stopped at […]
On September 28, 2021, during the pandemic, a group of uniformed police and non-uniformed men broke into a unit in the Ehome 4 apartment complex in Vinh Phu district, Binh Duong Province. Their mission: to test resident Hoang Thi Phuong-Lan for SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19). The widely criticized action, which came during the lockdown as clashes between […]
Greetings from The 88 Project! We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of September 20-26. The big news of the week was, of course, the AUKUS deal. Included are several articles on this watershed geopolitical shift and its potential impact on Vietnam. In the meantime, more […]