Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of March 15-22. In response to a question from VOA about the human rights implications of Directive 24, Vietnam’s Foreign Affairs Ministry did not refer to our report by name but said the ministry opposes “false and fabricated information […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of March 8-14. Project88 writes about increasing cyber repression in a joint report with the ASEAN Regional Coalition to #StopDigitalDictatorship. Meanwhile, US businesses plan to sell equipment to Vietnam’s police, and Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications has […]
Below is a letter from Tran Phuong Thao, wife of imprisoned climate leader Dang Dinh Bach. In it, she alleges Prison No. 6 in Nghe An province deliberately withheld a package of food from Bach, leaving him to have essentially no access to food for two weeks. This serious allegation should be thoroughly investigated by […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of March 1-7. On March 1, Project88 released the report, “Vietnam’s communist party declares war on human rights as a matter of official policy,” which reveals the contents of a secret national security directive issued by Vietnam’s […]
We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of Feb. 23-29. On Friday, March 1, Project88 released the report, “Vietnam’s communist party declares war on human rights as a matter of official policy,” which reveals the contents of a secret national security directive issued by […]
CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL REPORT Just two months before President Biden upgraded diplomatic relations with Vietnam in September 2023, the country’s top leaders issued a secret national security directive that offers a rare look into their paranoid minds, revealed Project88 in a report published on March 1. Directive 24 frames all […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of Feb. 16-22. An activist alleges he was abducted for hours of questioning. Three families of political prisoners recount recent, persistent harassment from the police – including interference with their livelihoods and residences. Tran Huynh Duy […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of Feb. 9-15. UN experts voice support for Dang Dinh Bach as he endures his third hunger strike and call for Vietnam to “stop targeting, convicting, and mistreating human rights defenders.” A family receives a rare, […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of Feb. 2-8. Our thoughts are with political prisoners and their families as we celebrate Tet. Two prisoners are currently on hunger strikes. One Facebook user was arrested this week, another was sentenced to three and a […]