Pham Doan Trang has a message for all women. “Our fight is not only against dictatorship, it’s also a fight to free ourselves, from our own ideological constraints.” Full interview coming soon. © 2019 The 88 Project
The 88 Project is pleased to launch the new design of our website https://the88project.org/ on May 3, World Press Freedom Day, 2019. Our previous website was a good way to get started, more than six years ago now. Over the last year, however, thanks to your support, we have grown as an organization. The expanded […]
Suffering detention or imprisonment merely on account of one’s political or religious beliefs is a harsh reality (as well as a state practice that is both internationally condemned and a violation of law in most developed countries). Yet such suffering is magnified immeasurably when a political prisoner is no longer able to provide or care […]
Please take Amnesty International’s Urgent Action for political prisoner Huynh Truong Ca. He is battling several ailments while in prison, including diabetes, high blood pressure, and lung disease. Earlier in March, he was transferred to a new prison, which is farther away from his family. Ca, who is co-founder of the pro-democracy, constitutional rights group Hien Phap, was arrested […]
Please sign Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture (ACAT)-France’s petition demanding the French President raise human rights with the Vietnamese government and calling for the release of Tran Thi Nga, as well as political prisoners Nguyen Trung Ton and Le Dinh Luong. The petition can be accessed here (available in English, Vietnamese, and French)!
August 2018: Take action with Amnesty International for Tran Thi Nga, who has endured beatings and death threats at the hands of her assigned cellmate as part of alleged retaliation from prison authorities. Call on the Vietnamese authorities to immediately ensure Nga’s safety and to release her from prison. September 2018: Take action with ACAT-France for Tran Thi Nga. […]
The 88 Project, August 22, 2018: Nguyen Tin, born in 1990 in Can Tho province, is a singer based in Saigon. Because of his participation in peaceful demonstrations, his support for families of political prisoners, and his covers of many Bolero romantic songs, which were censored harshly by the communist authorities after 1975, Nguyen Tin has […]
Take action for US citizen Michael Nguyen, who was detained in Vietnam almost nine months ago. He may soon be facing trial. He is not permitted visits from lawyers or family. Little information has been available about his case, even to US officials. Call on Vietnamese authorities to release him from detention by signing this petition on Change.org.
Amnesty International has released a new Urgent Action for Tran Anh Kim. Kim, a pro-democracy activist and former military officer, is serving a 13-year sentence for his peaceful activities. Kim is in poor health in prison. Please take the Urgent Action, calling on Vietnam to provide him with proper medical care and immediately release him from prison.
Please share the cases of the four activists sentenced in April 2018, and take action for Nguyen Van Dai and his five co-defendants, as well as Nguyen Trung Truc, Nguyen Van Tuc, and Tran Thi Xuan, with The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH and the World Organisation Against […]