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 […]
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 9-15. Yet another Facebooker has been tried for his online postings; Le Van Sinh was sentenced to five years in prison for his posts deemed to be anti-state. He is the 20th activist […]
Featured Image: Political prisoner Doan Thi Hong at a demonstration. Photo source: Facebook Nguyen Thuy Hanh 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 2-8. Political prisoner Ngo Van Dung was able to meet with his daughter for the […]
Take action with Amnesty International in calling for the release of political prisoner Doan Thi Hong. She has been detained for over a year without trial, and when her family was finally able to visit her on September 4, 2019, they reported that her health had notably declined. Hong was arrested on September 2, 2018 […]
Featured Image: Duong Thi Lanh at trial on August 23, 2019, Source: RFA Vietnamese 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 August 26 – September 1, 2019. Facebooker Duong Thi Lanh was sentenced to eight years in prison this […]
Take action with Amnesty International Australia for Tran Thi Nga. She is a land and labor rights activist sentenced to nine years in prison. She is the mother of two young children and has endured difficult conditions in prison, including from her own cellmate. Sign the petition calling for her immediate release.
Featured Image: Huynh Dac Tuy at trial 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 August 19-25. Huynh Dac Tuy was sentenced to six years in prison for his Facebook posts that were deemed critical of the state. Political […]