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Freedom House Declares Vietnam “Not Free” in 2017 Report

In its newest report, Freedom in the World 2017, Freedom House has once again decided that Vietnam is “Not Free.”  Many other Asian countries, including all of Vietnam’s neighbors, received the same designation, reflecting the larger trends of repression of freedom of expression and the violations of human rights seen in Asia and other regions […]

Update on Tran Huynh Duy Thuc and How You Can Help

The media has been buzzing lately with news about Vietnam– the protests of the large-scale fish deaths, President Obama’s visit (and the question of lifting the arms ban), and the much-welcomed release of Father Nguyen Van Ly from his fourth, and hopefully final, prison sentence. We also want to make sure that news circulates about […]

The Repression of Female Activists in Vietnam

The U.S. State Department’s latest report on human rights in Vietnam notes the lack of female and minority participation in national decision-making, despite the introduction of quotas. According to the report, less than one quarter of the National Assembly is made up of women, and only two out of 28 cabinet positions are held by females. […]

Human Rights Recap January 2016

In Hanoi this month, police detained ~30 people in a protest over land grabs. The entire protest drew about 100 participants and 200-300 police. Radio Free Asia notes that, “Land grabs in which government officials use their authority to confiscate and sell land to developers are a common cause of social unrest across Southeast Asia, […]

Blogger Ta Phong Tan Released Early from Prison

The 88 Project is pleased to learn that blogger and former police officer Ta Phong Tan has been released early from her 10-year prison sentence in Vietnam. Tan, though, has been exiled from Vietnam and sent to the United States. Tan was arrested in 2011, tried in 2012, and charged under Article 88 of Vietnam’s Penal […]