Take action with Amnesty International for Ho Duy Hai. Hai faces the death penalty for a 2008 charge, but the Committee on Judicial Affairs of the National Assembly urged a review of his case in 2015 due to violations of international legal standards. Despite this, a government official publicly called for Hai’s execution in late 2017. […]
Amnesty International released an Urgent Action for Hoang Duc Binh, a labor and environmental activist who was sentenced to fourteen years in prison on February 6, 2018. His appeal of his sentence was denied on April 24. Please take the Urgent Action, calling for Binh’s release from prison and protection from mistreatment thereafter.
The 88 Project, February 25, 2018: Prominent activist Pham Doan Trang is facing risks of imminent arrest and formal prosecution in Hanoi where she is visiting her mother for Lunar New Year. On February 24, she was arbitrarily and forcefully taken into custody by Vietnamese authorities. Her mother was tricked into opening the door for the police who posed […]
The 88 Project, February 12, 2018: On February 12, 2018, three days before the traditional New Year, Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh’s mother came to visit her in Khanh Hoa province prison, only to learn that her daughter had already been transferred to Prison No. 5 in Thanh Hoa province, more than a thousand kilometers away […]
The 88 Project, January 18, 2018: We are excited to unveil the searchable database of political prisoners in Vietnam – our latest initiative that is intended to support the advocacy and assistance efforts for political prisoners and their families. If you ever wonder how many political prisoners are there in Vietnam right now, or how many of them are […]
The 88 Project, December 24, 2017: Blogger Ho Van Hai (a.k.a Doctor Ho Hai) was transferred from Phan Dang Luu detention center to Chi Hoa prison in early December. The transfer occurred suddenly, and unable to take his belongings, Dr. Ho Hai has had to sleep on the tiled floor without a mat for the […]
The 88 Project, November 19, 2017: Please consider donating to support us in our work. The 88 Project is a non-profit organization registered in the state of Illinois, United States. Our mission is to promote and encourage freedom of expression in Vietnam by telling the stories of and advocating for activists who are persecuted because […]
The 88 Project, October 29, 2017: The family of prisoner of conscience Tran Huynh Duy Thuc shared that the authorities at the prison where he’s being held have relaxed some of the harsh and cruel measures that had been applied to him, thanks to the unrelenting advocacy for Thuc from individuals and organizations inside and […]
Nha Trang, October 26, 2017 Dear Mrs Melania Trump, My name is Nấm (Mushroom) (daughter of Nguyễn Ngọc Như Quỳnh – Blogger Mother Mushroom), this is the fourth letter I have written to you to ask for your help to unite my family. When writing the previous letters, I always asked my Grandma and wondered […]
Please take Amnesty International’s Urgent Action for Pham Van Troi, Truong Minh Duc, and Nguyen Trung Ton. You can also take Front Line Defender’s action for Nguyen Trung Ton, Pham Van Troi, Nguyen Bac Truyen, and Truong Minh Duc, calling for their immediate release from prison.