Featured Image: Dao Quang Thuc at his trial on September 19. Source: Vu Thi Ha/ Vietnam News Agency via AP 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 17-23. This week, four more activists were sentenced to prison terms in Vietnam. Do Cong […]
Featured Image: Nguyen Van Tuc at his first instance trial in April 2018, Source: Radio Free Asia 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 10-16. On September 12, Brotherhood for Democracy member and environmental activist Nguyen Trung Truc was sentenced […]
Featured Image: Engineer Nguyen Ngoc Anh, arrested in Ben Tre province on August 30. Greetings from The 88 Project! We are bringing you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the weeks of August 27-September 3 and September 4-9. Political and environmental activist Nguyen Trung Truc will go to trial on September 12, […]
Featured Image: 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 August 20-26. Political prisoners Nguyen Van Hoa and Nguyen Viet Dung were beaten and forced to give testimony against environmental activist Le Ding Luong. Both recanted on […]
Featured Image: The trial of six on August 22 in Ninh Thuan province. Source: Vietnamnews.vn The 88 Project, August 25, 2018: In just the two months of July and August 2018, Vietnam has imprisoned 40 people in connection with the nationwide protests on June 10, 2018 over proposed laws on special economic zones and cyber security. […]
Featured Image: Le Dinh Luong on trial on August 16, 2018, 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 August 13-18. A court in Nghe An province sentenced political activist Le Dinh Luong to 20 […]
The 88 Project, August 17, 2018: This translation is the last installment of a series of three letters that Tran Huynh Huy Thuc wrote to his family in June 2018. He has written many, many more letters that cover a variety of topics, but we have chosen these three recent ones which remind the […]
The 88 Project, August 13, 2018: Huynh Thuc Vy, a prominent blogger and co-founder of Vietnamese Women for Human Rights, is under investigation and facing possible prosecution for “offending the national flag,” a charge under Art. 276 of the 1999 Criminal Code (Art. 351 of the 2015 Code) which carries up to three years […]
Featured image: Huynh Thuc Vy and a search warrant, Source: Facebook / Huynh Thuc Vy, Radio Free Asia 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 6-12. Two activists face trial in the coming week, political activist Le Dinh Luong on […]
Nghe An, June 27, 2018 Yesterday, VTV News reported that Vietnam and the EU have conducted their last review of the content of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA). The Minister of Trade and Industry of Vietnam hoped that the Agreement would be signed by the end of this year. The EU Commissioner for […]