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 […]
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 2-8. Another activist, Dao Quang Thuc, has been arrested under Article 79 on charges of subversion. Journalist Pham Doan Trang, who has faced police interrogation […]
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 September 25 – October 1. A former prisoner of conscience, Nguyen Viet Dung, was arrested on September 27 under Article 88 and now faces pre-trial detention. […]
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 September 18-24. On September 18, in a short, closed off trial, Nguyen Van Oai was sentenced to five years in prison. His supporters were denied entrance […]
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 September 11-17. Nguyen Van Oai’s trial will take place this Monday, September 18, after it was postponed in August. Prisoner of conscience Nguyen Huu Vinh, a.k.a. […]