Featured Image: Le Dinh Kinh, Source: BBC News 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 January 13-19. The trial of eight Hien Phap group members has been postponed for the second time. Chung Hoang Chuong, who was arrested last […]
Featured Image: Chung Hoang Chuong, one of the two people already arrested in 2020. Source: Defend the Defenders 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 January 6-12. After three years in prison, Tran Thi Nga was released early and immediately […]
Featured Image: Ho Sy Quyet and his son. Source: Ho Sy Quyet The 88 Project discussed the harassment against Freedom Publishing House in our report on freedom of publication 2018 – 2019, and the crackdown seems to have continued in the first weeks of 2020. On January 3, 2020, Ho Sy Quyet and his family […]
Featured Image: Nguyen Van Trang, a member of the Brotherhood for Democracy who was originally charged with “activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s administration” but now is charged with “procuring prostitutes” in an apparent attempt to make it easier to extradite him Greetings and Happy New Year from The 88 Project! We are bringing you […]
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 16-22. Loc Hung vegetable garden representative Cao Ha Truc was arrested this week when giving gifts to unrecognized veterans. A member of the Falun Gong spiritual movement was also detained this […]
At the end of 2019, along with dozens of arrests and imprisonment sentences against prominent lawyers, activists, and scholars, the national regime and local authorities of Vietnam have again proved that their crackdown on freedom of expression is yet to end. In relation to Sea Square, a mega construction project funded by the powerful Sungroup, […]
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 9-15. Retired teacher and pro-democracy activist Dao Quang Thuc died in prison this week of a brain hemorrhage and lung infection — he was only two years into a 13-year prison […]
Please take action for Chau Van Kham, Tran Van Quyen, and Nguyen Van Vien by sharing Human Rights Watch’s letter to Australia’s foreign minister, Marise Payne, calling on her to urge Vietnam to immediately release the three activists, who were sentenced to between 10 and 12 years in prison last month. Share the letter. The […]
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch released a joint statement in support of the Liberal Publishing House, an independent publisher that has been under pressure from authorities in recent months. The publishing house’s staff, and book buyers themselves, have been subject to harassment from the authorities, including detention and interrogation. The statement calls on Vietnam to […]
A picture of a brawl when the public security forces tried to arrest several members of VRLH. Source: Facebook Vuon Rau Loc Hung On the morning of Sunday, December 8, 2019, a group of local public security officers arrived at the area of the Loc Hung vegetable garden and became involved in a hostile confrontation […]