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 […]
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 7-13. Democracy activist Tran Duc Thach’s trial has been rescheduled for December 15, and Facebookers’ Huynh Anh Khoa and Nguyen Dang Thuong trial for December 21. After over two years in […]
Greetings from The 88 Project! We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the weeks of November 23-29 and November 30-December 6. Four political prisoners are on a hunger strike– Tran Huynh Duy Thuc is in critical condition. The first instance trial for Brotherhood for Democracy member Tran […]
Nguyen Van Hoa is a Catholic blogger from Ha Tinh province. After the Formosa environmental disaster started in April 2016, Hoa became active in assisting fishermens’ families in demanding compensation and justice. A digital security trainer and regular contributor to Radio Free Asia, his live broadcast of footage of peaceful protests in October 2016 outside […]
Greetings from The 88 Project! We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of November 16-22. Democracy activist Tran Duc Thach will face trial on November 30, and three members of the Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam (IJAVN) are expected to face trial in January. A group […]
Greetings from The 88 Project! We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of November 9-15. Vietnam has arrested yet another Facebooker for alleged “anti-state propaganda.” There is also an update on imprisoned journalist Nguyen Tuong Thuy. This week, ASEAN is meeting to discuss regional issues and […]
Greetings from The 88 Project! We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of November 2-8. After months of detention, Tran Duc Thach has been permitted to meet with his lawyer; meanwhile, three other high-profile political prisoners still have not. There is a report that Le Dinh […]
Our new report focuses on incidents of torture and other inhumane treatment of prisoners detained under national security provisions, i.e. political prisoners, by the Vietnamese government. In addition to documented cases of torture, we highlight examples of cases in which the denial of legal safeguards facilitates the use of torture. We describe cases in which […]
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 26-November 1. After being released from prison unexpectedly last week, US citizen Michael Nguyen held a press conference to speak about his treatment while in jail in Vietnam. Nguyen’s release came just […]