On the morning of June 18, 2024, the 7th sitting of Vietnam’s 15th National Assembly discussed the draft amended Trade Union Law. The Law is an amended version of the 2012 Trade Union Law and legislates the role of Vietnam’s only legal trade union confederation, the Party-led Vietnam General Confederation of Labor (VGCL). This draft […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of June 10-17. Ethnic minority rights activist Y Quynh Bdap’s Bangkok arrest has been verified, and evidence points to Vietnam having made an extradition request. A political prisoner was released one year early from prison for unknown […]
“I am afraid of being kidnapped; I only go out for a few minutes a day and couldn’t contact my family.” *** Ede activist Y Quynh Bdap was arrested by Thai immigration authorities on June 11 in Bangkok, where he had been living since fleeing Vietnam in 2018. Y Quynh now faces imminent risk of […]
June 14, 2024 Y Quynh Bdap, an activist for ethnic and religious minority rights and the co-founder of Montagnards Stand for Justice (MSFJ), was arrested by Thai police on June 11, 2024 in Bangkok. He was arrested in response to a request by the foreign affairs office of the Thai public prosecutor, and the arrest […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of June 3-9. State media has confirmed the arrests of writer Truong Huy San and lawyer Tran Dinh Trien. Project88’s Ben Swanton told the AP that San’s arrest “represents an alarming attack on freedom of the press and […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of May 27-June 2. Project88 has learned of two major arrests – well-known author Truong Huy San and high profile lawyer Tran Dinh Trien are both believed to have been detained in the past week. State […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of May 20-26. To Lam is Vietnam’s new President. The former police minister is taking the helm during political instability and an evolving crackdown on dissent, largely orchestrated by Lam’s former agency, the Ministry of Public Security. Lam came under […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of May 13-19. Vietnam has named police minister To Lam as President amid a deepening crackdown on dissent, including the recent arrest of top labor reformer Nguyen Van Binh and a plan to subvert democratic control over public policy and […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of May 6-12. One former administrator of the “Patriotic Diary” Facebook page, Phan Tat Thanh, was sentenced to eight years in prison this week. Another, Nguyen Van Dung (Dung Aduku), is presumed dead under unknown circumstances. […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of April 29-May 5. Hanoi police have arrested Nguyen Van Binh (51), the director general of the Legal Affairs Department at Vietnam’s Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA)— the first arrest of a government reformer in […]