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 4-10. We think of all political prisoners and activists at risk today as December 10 is Human Rights Day. News came out this week that the appeal trial of Tran Thi […]
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 27-December 3. On November 27, journalist Nguyen Van Hoa, who covered the Formosa environmental disaster, was sentenced to seven years in prison in a secret trial without representation. Three days later, […]
Greetings! The 88 Project was founded five years ago, on November 24, 2012. Please read our Letter of appeal and support us in our work. Onto the news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of November 20-26. Mother Mushroom’s appeal trial is set for November 30. She has lost one of her lawyers, Vo 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 November 13-19. Mother Mushroom will appeal her 10-year sentence on November 30; her health in prison is still in precarious condition. So is that of activist Luu Van Vinh, who has now been […]
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 6-12. Phan Kim Khanh’s family met with him for the first time since his arrest on March 21, 2017. Authorities have extended labor activist Hoang Duc Binh’s pre-trial detention until January. 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 October 30-November 5. Environmental and labor activist Hoang Duc Binh’s investigation period has ended; he will be charged under Article 258 for “abusing democratic freedoms.” Police have targeted former prisoner of conscience […]
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 October 23-29. Blogger and student Phan Kim Khanh was sentenced to six years in prison and four years of probation on October 25 for running anti-corruption and pro-democracy Facebook and YouTube pages and […]
Greetings from Huong, Ella, and Kaylee from The 88 Project! We are bringing you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of October 16-22. Female activist Tran Thi Xuan was arrested on October 17 under Article 79. The local community has rallied around her. Environmental activists in Dong […]
Greetings from Huong, Ella, and Kaylee from The 88 Project! We are bringing you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of October 9-15. Blogger Phan Kim Khanh will go to trial on October 25; read our profile for the latest updates. Imprisoned land rights activist Tran Thi Thuy is […]
October 9, 2017: When the human rights group, Vietnamese Overseas Initiative for Conscience Empowerment (VOICE), sent a delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2014, the delegation was made up of three men and all were citizens of Vietnam. This year, the trio is all female. “We did not purposely want to have a […]