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Vietnam Free Expression Newsletter No. 49/2019 – Week of December 2-8

Featured Image: Loc Hung protest on December 3, Source: Facebook Vườn Rau Lộc Hưng 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 December 2-8. Eight members of the Hien Phap group will face trial on December 25. One of the […]

Tran Huynh Duy Thuc’s Letter From Prison, September 2018: “Creative Methods Are Needed to Bring Freedom to Our Society”

Imagine being locked in a prison cell– completely isolated from other prisoners– growing increasingly more uncomfortable from the extreme physical heat inside the tiny room and unable to receive letters from your family. In July, at Prison No. 6 in Nghe An province, Tran Huynh Duy Thuc was placed under solitary confinement in miserable heat […]

Vietnam Free Expression Newsletter No. 48/2019 – Week of November 25-December 1

Featured Image: Pham Van Diep at trial. Source: Bao Moi Newspaper 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 November 25-December 1. Eight activists were sentenced to a combined 39 years in prison this week in four separate trials. Pham Van Diep […]

Two Siblings in Dong Nai Sentenced to Fourteen Years in Jail

Featured Image: Huynh Minh Tam and Huynh Thi To Nga at trial on November 28, 2019. Source: Dong Nai Newspaper Two days after a trial against Vo Thuong Trung, Doan Viet Hoan, Ngo Xuan Thanh, and Nguyen Dinh Khue, also in Dong Nai province, The People’s Court of Dong Nai Province held a trial against […]

Vietnam Free Expression Newsletter No. 47/2019 – Week of November 18-24

Featured Image: Young activist Phan Cong Hai, Source: Vo Hong Ly 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 November 18-24. On November 21, dissident journalist Pham Chi Dung was arrested and charged with conducting propaganda against the state. Just […]

Committee to Protect Journalists, Statement on Arrest of Pham Chi Dung, November 2019

Take action with the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) for Pham Chi Dung, journalist and well-known dissident who was arrested on November 21, 2019. Share this statement, urging authorities to free him and drop all charges against him. He is charged under Article 117 of Vietnam 2015 Criminal Code for “producing, storing, and disseminating” documents […]

Vietnam Free Expression Newsletter No. 46/2019 – Week of November 11-17

Featured Image: Nguyen Nang Tinh at trial, Source: State media via Radio Free Asia 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 November 11-17. In a series of three different trials this week, several people were convicted in cases of […]