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 […]
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 13-19. The appeal trial for mother-son defendants was abruptly postponed without notice. A Facebooker was released after completing his sentence. Read a detailed update on a prominent blogger who was kidnapped and […]
Truong Duy Nhat, a journalist, prominent blogger and dissident, was able to update his family last week for the first time in several months, according to his daughter. Freedom of press is a fundamental human right, nevertheless Nhat is a journalist and currently a political prisoner. The last time Nhat’s wife was able to visit […]
Position Description: Assistant Director September 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 […]
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 6-12. Now that Vice-president Kamala Harris’s visit is in the rearview mirror, Vietnam has resumed its regular crackdown on dissent. Five new charges of “anti-state propaganda” were issued this week. The date […]