Featured Image: Imprisoned Hoa Hao Buddhist Nguyen Tan An 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 December 17-23. As 2018 comes to an end, please check out our recap of Vietnam’s continued crackdown on dissent this year. 2018 saw an increase over […]
Featured Image: Tran Thi Xuan in court on April 12, 2018. Source: VietnamNet The 88 Project, December 23, 2018: This year was another brutal one for protesters, religious communities, journalists, bloggers, and many other activists in Vietnam. 2018 saw an increase over 2017 in the number of activists arrested and tried, as well as 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 December 10-16. Tran Huynh Duy Thuc’s family and a lawyer came to visit him after allegations of a poisoning against him in prison. A British Member of the European Parliament also sent […]
MEP Julie Ward. Source: Labour in Europe On December 13, Julie Ward, a member of the European Parliament from England, sent a letter to the President of Vietnam, Nguyen Phu Trong, expressing concern over the recent treatment of political prisoner Tran Huynh Duy Thuc, which included a potential poisoning in prison in late November. You […]
Featured Image: Imprisoned pastor and democracy activist Nguyen Trung Ton 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 December 3-9. There are updates from prison this week on the health and situations of political prisoners Vu Quang Thuan and Nguyen Trung […]
This letter (below) was written by Tran Huynh Duy Thuc’s daughter in light of a possible attempted poisoning against him in prison on November 20 and overall worsened prison conditions. Thuc is one of Vietnam’s most well-known political prisoners and one of the leaders of the democratic movement. The founder of an Internet service provider company, […]
Huynh Thuc Vy at her November 30, 2018 trial. Source: VOA Tieng Viet 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 November 26-December 2. This week, we highlight the case of blogger and entrepreneur Tran Huynh Duy Thuc on the occasion […]
Blogger, entrepreneur, and current political prisoner Tran Huynh Duy Thuc turns 52 years old on November 29. This is the tenth birthday he has spent in prison, and he will have six more before he is able to celebrate as a free man. However, Thuc — one of Vietnam’s most well-known political prisoners, one of […]
Featured Image: Nguyen Viet Dung 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 November 19-25. Political prisoner Nguyen Viet Dung was transferred to a new prison farther away from his family. Tran Huynh Duy Thuc was possible poisoned in prison. Imprisoned labor […]
The 88 Project, November 25, 2018: On November 24, 2018, Tran Huynh Duy Thuc’s family visited him in Prison no. 6, Nghe An province, as scheduled monthly. Thuc revealed that on November 20, he suffered many signs of being poisoned. At 5:15 AM, when Thuc woke up, he felt dizzy, and sweated a lot and […]