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 […]
Featured Image: Political prisoner Ho Duc 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 August 12-18. Political prisoners Ho Duc Hoa, Tran Hoang Phuc, and Vuong Van Tha are suffering from difficult conditions in prison, including prolonged, […]
Featured Image: Political prisoner Le Anh Hung 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 5-11. Political prisoner Le Dinh Luong’s family was denied a visit with him in prison this week, while Le Anh Hung’s mother was […]
Featured Image: Nguyen Dang Minh Man and her mother on her release day. Source: Facebook Nguyen Khanh 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 July 29-August 4. Toll booth protester Ha Van Nam and six others were tried and […]
Featured Image: Provisions of the 2015 Criminal Code Used Against Activists by Level of Authority in 2019 The crackdown on Vietnamese civil society activists that escalated in 2018 continues into 2019, as evidenced by 16 arrests in the first half of the year and harassment incidents against at least 33 activists. Dang Ngoc Tan and […]
Featured Image: Political prisoner Chau Van Kham, Source: Viet Tan. 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 July 22-28. Australian national and Viet Tan member Chau Van Kham remains behind bars over six months after his arrest; authorities […]
Featured photo: Province View of the Map of Human Rights Violations It’s not often that human rights advocates, researchers, and allies gather in the same room to discuss the contexts, challenges, and motivations of their work. Most of the time, we are working in our niche fields and areas of expertise. We are—and rightly so—focused […]
Featured Image: The group photo before the attack. Source: Nguyen Thuy Hanh Facebook On July 12, 2019, a group of 25 family members and supporters of political prisoners was physically attacked by thugs, who they believe were plainclothes prison officers and public security officers. The group was on its way to Prison Camp 6 in […]
Featured Image: Nguyen Trung Ton. 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 July 15-21. Three June 2018 protesters’ appeals of their sentences were denied this week. And next week, […]
Figure 1: Timeline year and category filters The 88 Project is proud to announce that our improved Timeline of Freedom of Expression in Vietnam (“Timeline”) is now live. The Timeline completes a trio of tools that track the situation of political prisoners and activists at risk in Vietnam, joining the Database of Persecuted Activists in […]