Phan Kim Khanh is a currently serving six years in prison for his peaceful activism. He advocated for multi-party democracy and human rights and administered several blogs, YouTube channels, and Facebook pages. He was a university student at the time of his arrest in 2017. Behind bars, he has faced difficulties in appealing his sentence. […]
Featured Image: Nguyen Thi Hue, who was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison this week. 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 14-20. On October 17, Nguyen Thi Hue was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for “abusing […]
Featured Image: a profile picture on Vuong’s Facebook with a caption that calls for the release of political prisoner Tran Huynh Duy Thuc. Source: Facebook Vuong Nguyen Take action with Human Rights Watch (HRW) for Nguyen Quoc Duc Vuong, a businessman and Facebooker who was arrested in late September. Share this statement, urging authorities to free him and […]
Featured Image: Nguyen Nang Tinh, Source: Nghe Anh Times. 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 7-13. After enduring death threats from his cellmates, Nguyen Ngoc Anh was viciously attacked in prison and then put into solitary […]
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 September 30-October 6.On October 5, An Dan Dai Dao Buddhist Doan Dinh Nam passed away in prison from kidney failure, just months after his family had petitioned the authorities to release Nam […]
Take action for journalist Kieu Dinh Lieu, who was beaten unconscious while reporting on illegal logging and corruption, by sharing Reporters Without Borders’s statement calling for an investigation into the case. On September 26, 2019, Kieu Dinh Lieu was beaten by three unidentified men. He suffered a brain injury and had to seek medical treatment. Before being […]
Featured Image: Le Van Sinh at trial in Ninh Binh on September 5, 2019. Source RFA The third quarter of 2019 continued to be a difficult time for activists and political prisoners in Vietnam. The past three months yielded the new arrest of one person and trials of 12 individuals under vague criminal provisions, as […]
Featured photo: Nguyen Thi Ngoc Suong (left) and Vu Thi Dung at their first instance trial on May 10, 2019. Source: Tuoi Tre 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 September 23-29. Two female Facebookers, Vu Thi Dung […]
Featured Image: Nguyen Ngoc Anh at an environmental protest. Source: Facebook An Duong Nguyen Phu 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 September 16-22. Political prisoner Nguyen Ngoc Anh is facing death threats in prison, which he believes are […]
Featured Image: Nguyen Ngoc Anh at trial on June 6, 2019, Source: Huynh Phuc Hau/VNA via Reuters Attention is falling on Binh Phu Detention center, in Ben Tre Province, where engineer Nguyen Ngoc Anh is facing serious maltreatment while waiting for an appeal trial. According to Anh’s wife, Ms. Nguyen Thi Chau, Anh revealed his […]