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. […]
Above: Bloggers Nguyen Huu Vinh (Anh Ba Sam) and Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy at trial. Source: VietnamNet. Nguyen Huu Vinh refuses to be exiled to be released from prison. 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 […]
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 August 21-27. Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thu Ha face additional charges, and Luu Van Vinh’s pre-trial detention has been extended into the fall. Followers […]
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 August 14-20. August 18 was Nguyen Van Oai’s birthday, and his trial, which was set for August 21, has now been postponed. Nguyen Bac Truyen, who […]
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 August 7 to 13. So far, 21 activists have been persecuted by Vietnamese authorities in 2017, and many more attacked, intimidated, and harassed. Nguyen Van Oai […]
Featured photo: Nguyen Trung Truc, the fifth member of the Brotherhood for Democracy that authorities have arrested in the past week. 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 July 31 to August 6. As […]
Dang Thi Kim Lieng, in black shirt, self-immolated on July 30, 2012. Source: BBC 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 July 24 to 30. Tran Thi Nga was sentenced to nine years in prison […]
Dang Thi Kim Lieng (above, black shirt) self-immolated on July 30, 2012. Photo source: BBC (not used in original article) Asia Sentinel, July 29, 2017: “On July 30, 2012, the mother of political prisoner Ta Phong Tan burned herself to death at a government building in despair over her daughter’s imprisonment. This is the fifth anniversary […]
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 July 17 to 23. This week marked Mother Mushroom’s first birthday in prison since her arrest and sentencing to ten years in prison on June 29, while […]
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 July 10 to 16. News broke that land and labor rights advocate Tran Thi Nga, who was arrested in January 2017, will face trial on July 25 and […]