Featured Image: Tran Hoang Phuc. Artwork by Dinh Truong Chinh for The 88 Project 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 April 1-7. Phan Kim Khanh is facing retaliation from authorities over his protests for them to send letters […]
Featured Image: Tran Thi Xuan in court on April 12, 2018. Source: VietnamNet On April 5, 2018, six activists– Nguyen Van Dai, Nguyen Trung Ton, Truong Minh Duc, Nguyen Bac Truyen, Le Thu Ha, and Pham Van Troi– walked into a Hanoi courtroom and were slammed with between seven and 15 years in prison on charges of […]
Featured Image: Political prisoner Nguyen Van Hoa 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 March 25-31. Political prisoner Nguyen Van Hoa officially ended his hunger strike after 12 days. Authorities are threatening to isolate Phan Kim Khanh in prison, […]
Featured Image: Le Minh The. 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 March 18-24. Five political prisoners’ appeals of their sentences were denied this week; the group is sentenced to a combined 57 years in prison for their pro-democracy […]
Featured Image: Nguyen Van Tuc 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 March 11-17. Political prisoner Nguyen Van Tuc is in poor health in prison, and the wives of two political prisoners were harassed this week while attempting to […]
Featured Image: Tran Thi Xuan, imprisoned female activist 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 March 4-10. Hien Phap constitutional rights group member Le Minh The’s trial has been rescheduled from March 6 to 20, and Luu Van Vinh […]
Featured Image: Nguyen Van Hoa, Portrait by Liset Celie for The 88 Project 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 February 25-March 3. Political prisoner Nguyen Van Hoa has been on a hunger strike since February 22, in protest of […]
Featured Image: Le Minh The 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 February 18-24. Hien Phap constitutional rights group member Le Minh The will face trial on March 6, and US citizen Michael Nguyen and co-defendants Huynh Duc Thanh Binh and […]
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 February 11-17. Blogger and democracy advocate Phan Kim Khanh will submit a complaint to the court since they still have not taken up an appeal of his case. Tran Hoang Phuc is […]
Featured Image: Former political prisoner, Truong Duy Nhat, currently missing, at his 2014 trial. Source: AFP Photo/Vietnam News Agency 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 February 4-10. Activist Chau Van Kham’s wife published an open letter this week officially […]