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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Featured image: Lawyers outside of the Court, Source: Facebook Vu Hai Tran On November 15, 2019, a court in Nha Trang City convicted attorney Tran Vu Hai of tax evasion in what many observers say was a highly political trial. Tran Vu Hai is one of the few lawyers in the national association of 13,000 […]
Featured Image: Phan Van Thu (left) and his followers in the closed trial. Source. On October 5 2019, political prisoner Doan Dinh Nam was reported dead at Vung Tau Provincial Hospital. He has been held at Xuyen Moc prison camp since 2012 and was only recently moved to the hospital in Vung Tau for renal […]
On August 16, 2019, The 88 Project interviewed Ms. Vuong Thao and Mr. Tran Trong Luat, political prisoner Vuong Van Tha’s daughter and son-in-law. They shared with us more about the arrest and current situation of Mr. Tha in prison. According to his family, Mr. Tha, a Hoa Hao Buddhist, was arrested on May […]
Featured Image: Nguyen Van Nghiem, who was arrested this week, 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 November 4-10. Nguyen Ngoc Anh’s appeal of his six-year sentence was denied this week, as was U.S. […]
Protests against the improper location of and overcharging at BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) toll stations have taken place in many sections of highways and bridges nationwide. BOTs are owned/partially owned by private companies, which will recover their capital and earn profits by charging fees to drivers during certain hours of the day, according to the contract with […]
Featured Image: Montagnard Christian activist Ksor Ruk, tried one year ago 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 October 28-November 3. Three trials are coming up this week and next. On November 11, Nguyen Van Vien, Chau Van Kham, and […]
Featured Image: Nguyen Thinh, Source: AFP Photo/NHAC NGUYEN 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 October 21-27. Nguyen Ngoc Anh will face an appeal trial on November 7, and his wife was called in for police questioning this week. […]