Greetings from The 88 Project. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of December 6-12. The upcoming two weeks will be extremely hectic, not because of the holidays but because of multiple trials of high-profile activists in rapid succession. It appears the government wants […]
In 2010, tech entrepreneur and democracy activist Tran Huynh Duy Thuc was convicted by a Hanoi court for “activities aimed at subverting the administration,” according to Article 79 of the 1999 Criminal Code. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison followed by five years of house arrest — one of the most severe punishments […]
Last week, a spate of arrests occurred within days of each other, marking a sharp and sudden increase in clampdown against political activists in Vietnam. The arrests came as the country struggles through the latest wave of record-breaking COVID infections and deaths. While most of these arrests follow the typical pattern that we have often […]
Greetings from The 88 Project! We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of June 14-20. No sooner had a prisoner been released from prison that she promised to take up the fight for justice again. Several prisoners at An Diem prison have staged a […]
Greetings from The 88 Project! We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of June 7-13. Another Facebooker has been given a harsh sentence while a female prisoner from the Formosa protests suffers from health issues. A political prisoner was transferred without his family’s awareness […]
Almost two months after Le Trong Hung’s arrest, his wife, Do Le Na, who is blind, struggles with day-to-day tasks and to provide care for their two young children. Hung, 42, was arrested on March 27 for simply running for the National Assembly elections as an independent candidate. Do Le Na and her children. Source. […]
Two weeks after announcing his intention to stand as a candidate in Vietnam’s forthcoming National Assembly elections, Le Trong Hung was arrested. Hung is an independent journalist who has supported local activists in their disputes with the government over land rights. We sat down with Hung’s wife, Do Le Na, to discuss Hung’s work, and […]
On January 10, 2020, after spending three years in prison under charges of “propaganda against the socialist state,” Tran Thi Nga was released and sent directly to the United States. Nga and her family safely reached Atlanta, Georgia, at 7:00 pm local time on January 10. She is the fourth political prisoner in the past […]
My name is Hồ Sỹ Quyết, born 1988 in Nghệ An. Around 2:00 pm on January 3, 2020, while my wife and I were at home in Bldg A, West Bay, Eco Park in Văn Giang, Hưng Yên, our doorbell rang. We looked out and saw our building security guard. Thinking he needed to tell […]
In 2019 alone, ahead of the National Congress of the Communist Party in 2020, dozens of activists, independent journalists, and even ordinary citizens have been arrested or convicted under national security charges. In one single day, on November 26, 2019, Vietnam authorities held three trials across the country and sentenced six activists to a total […]