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Greetings from The 88 Project. A noodle seller, a music teacher, and a wildly popular YouTuber were arrested and charged with conducting anti-state propaganda. More Facebook users were fined for making commentaries that displease the Party. A political prisoner was put on trial without notice and without a lawyer. The 88 Project posed a question to an […]
Greetings from The 88 Project. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of August 29-September 4. A political prisoner defiantly rebuked the Party at his appeal trial. An imprisoned former NGO director asks the international community for help exonerating him. More international voices call for the […]
Greetings from The 88 Project. Riot police raided ethnic communities in the middle of the night and destroyed religious centers in northwest Vietnam. Three former NGO leaders had their appeal hearings on tax evasion charges, two of whom received a slight reduction in their sentences. An ethnic Protestant leader imprisoned for contacting the UN and award-winning activist […]
This report is a brief update on arrests, trials, and prison conditions of Vietnamese activists during the first six months of 2022. The data was extracted from The 88 Project Database, which is constantly updated as new information becomes available. The report is divided into three sections: Arrests, Trials, and Prison Conditions. 1a. New Arrests […]
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 27-July 3. A highly unusual trial with multiple defendants has been delayed after lawyers complained that they needed more time to work with their clients. A Facebooker accused of posting false news about […]
Greetings from The 88 Project. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of May 23-29. A sixth person was arrested in connection with the Bong Lai Zen Temple case. A jailed 72-year-old independent journalist is having serious health issues. A recently freed and exiled political prisoner […]
Greetings from The 88 Project. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of May 16-22. It was a busy week post US-ASEAN summit. A political prisoner was finally allowed to see his children after more than a year. There are also updates on the conditions of […]
Greetings from The 88 Project. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of May 9-15. Two political prisoners were allowed to emigrate to the United States on the eve of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s trip to Washington. There was another arrest in the case of the […]
Greetings from The 88 Project. A Facebooker was sentenced to eight years in prison for “anti-state propaganda.” An activist was transferred to a mental hospital without her family’s knowledge. A political prisoner’s wife was allowed to see her husband for the first time in 10 months, another in over a year. A writer is harassed for winning […]
Greetings from The 88 Project. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of April 25 – May 1. Yet another Facebooker was sentenced to years in prison for conducting “anti-state propaganda.” After completing his prison sentence, an activist was shipped to a city 900 km away from […]