Greetings from The 88 Project! We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of February 22-28. Six defendants from the Dong Tam Commune incident will appeal their sentences — including two death sentences and a life sentence– in early March. Land rights activist Nguyen Thi […]
Greetings from The 88 Project! We are bringing you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of February 15-21. After the Lunar New Year, political prisoner Le Anh Hung was denied visits from friends in the hospital where he’s being held for forced mental health treatment. Dissident musician Mai Khoi […]
Greetings from The 88 Project! Chúc mừng Năm mới! Happy Lunar New Year to all our followers! We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of February 8-14. Phan Kim Khanh and Hoang Duc Binh are both in poor health in prison. Two newspaper employees were arrested […]
Greetings from The 88 Project! We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of February 1-7. Imprisoned blogger Tran Huynh Duy Thuc ended his hunger strike after more than two months. Female political prisoner Dinh Thi Thu Thuy has been hospitalized with health issues and has also […]
Greetings from The 88 Project! We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of January 25-31. Journalist Nguyen Tuong Thuy has decided not to appeal his 11-year prison sentence, and environmental activist Hoang Duc Binh has again been denied a visit from his family in prison. Facebooker […]
Greetings from The 88 Project! We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of January 18-24. Journalist Le Huu Minh Tuan will appeal his 11-year prison sentence, while Pham Chi Dung will not appeal his 15-year sentence. On January 20, The People’s Court of Hau Giang Province […]
Greetings from The 88 Project! We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of January 11-17. Tran Huynh Duy Thuc has passed the 50-day mark of his hunger strike and remains in a precarious health situation; read our commentary about the international perception of hunger strikes and why Vietnamese […]
Greetings from The 88 Project and Happy New Year! We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of December 21-27, December 28-January 3, and January 4-January 10. Three independent journalists– Pham Chi Dung, Nguyen Tuong Thuy, and Le Huu Minh Tuan– were sentenced to a combined 37 years […]
From left to right: Thuy, Tuan, and Dung at trial on January 5, 2021, Source: Vietnam News Agency via Reuters/NY Times Vietnam started 2021 with a high-profile trial of three members of the Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam (‘IJAVN’): Pham Chi Dung, Nguyen Tuong Thuy, and Le Huu Minh Tuan. On January 5, after just […]
Greetings from The 88 Project! We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of December 14-20. Poet Tran Duc Thach was sentenced to 12 years in prison this week, and authorities in Can Tho Province arrested journalist Truong Chau Huu Danh for “abusing democratic freedoms.” On December […]