Natasha Lemmens and her friends are pictured here signing Amnesty International postcards for Nguyen Tien Trung and Tran Huynh Duy Thuc. Thank you for your support! If you happen to be in Bloomington, Indiana, we can get some of these postcards to you also. Please send an e-mail to kdolen@indiana.edu for more information.
Today is Blog Action Day, and here in Bloomington, Indiana, it’s job-hunting season. There are interviews to go to, applications to fill out, and big picture questions to ask. Amid the flutter of freshly pressed suits, papers, and grade-point-averages, the most daunting uncertainty that most of us students face is where exactly we will be […]
Tran Van Huynh, father of imprisoned blogger Tran Huynh Duy Thuc, speaks of the Vietnamese and international communities’ response to Thuc’s case. He also thanks Thuc’s many supporters. Thank you for continuing to spread the word about Thuc and other political prisoners. Check back for updates on the case, and please share this video and […]
Listen to Thuc’s father speak about Thuc’s life in prison and solitary confinement and his family’s struggles for his freedom.
The 88 Project – This is part one of the interview with Tran Huynh Duy Thuc’s father, Tran Van Huynh. He talks about his son’s innocence in regards to his 16-year sentence. Thuc was arrested under Article 88 of Vietnam’s Penal Code for “anti-government” propaganda. Thuc’s family was recently prohibited from leaving their house to […]
Today, July 25th, Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang visits the US to speak with President Obama and other political figures. We must not let these conversations exclude the topic of human rights abuses in Vietnam. “We have human rights since we were born.”
WATCH NOW! “88 – The Repression of Cyber Dissidents” The video is also available with Vietnamese subtitles:
In todays world, millions of people use the Internet to search for information, to work, or to communicate with their families and friends. Thanks to the evolution of technology, it has become possible to connect with everyone in any place on the globe. As an independent filmmaker, I always appreciated new possibilities for creating, sharing […]
It’s the 21st century. We who live in free societies often take for granted our democratic freedoms. Some of us don’t even know that in many countries in the world people still continue to struggle for their basic civic rights. In the Socialist Republic of Vietnam there are hundreds of prisoners of conscience who have […]