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Featured Image: Nguyen Dang Minh Man and her mother on her release day. Source: Facebook Nguyen Khanh Greetings from The 88 Project! We are bringing you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of July 29-August 4. Toll booth protester Ha Van Nam and six others were tried and […]
Featured Image: Provisions of the 2015 Criminal Code Used Against Activists by Level of Authority in 2019 The crackdown on Vietnamese civil society activists that escalated in 2018 continues into 2019, as evidenced by 16 arrests in the first half of the year and harassment incidents against at least 33 activists. Dang Ngoc Tan and […]
Featured Image: Political prisoner Chau Van Kham, Source: Viet Tan. Greetings from The 88 Project! We are bringing you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of July 22-28. Australian national and Viet Tan member Chau Van Kham remains behind bars over six months after his arrest; authorities […]
Greetings from The 88 Project! We are bringing you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of July 8-14. Many news items this week are related to the ongoing hunger strike in Prison Camp 6, Nghe An province. Today is the 34th day of the hunger strike, yet situation of […]
Greetings from The 88 Project! We are bringing you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of July 1-7. Many more political prisoners, including Nguyen Trung Truc, Nguyen Van Dien, and Vu Quang Thuan have started a hunger strike against what they call “cruel” treatment in prison, prompting the civil […]
Featured Image: Political prisoner Truong Minh Duc Greetings from The 88 Project! We are bringing you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of June 17-23. Political prisoner Truong Minh Duc has reported on extreme heat in his prison; prisoners launched a hunger strike to demand improved conditions. Michael […]
On May 24, 2019, 44 activists in Vietnam jointly issued a “Collective Declaration by Those Whose Freedom of Movement Has Been Violated” (hereinafter Declaration) in which they denounce the restriction of their movement by people believed to be working for the government. According to the Declaration, this violation of the basic right to freedom of […]
On May 10, 2019, the People’s Court of Dong Nai province held the first instance trial against Vu Thi Dung (54, living in Tan Phu District) and Nguyen Thi Ngoc Suong (52, living in Dinh Quan District) and sentenced them to six and five years in prison respectively. They were accused of “making, storing, spreading […]
Greetings from The 88 Project! We are bringing you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of April 22-28. Journalist Le Anh Hung has been transferred back to prison after an evaluation at a mental health hospital. Truong Duy Nhat– a blogger and former political prisoner kidnapped from Thailand […]
Featured Image: Political prisoner Nguyen Huu Vinh Greetings from The 88 Project! We are bringing you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of April 15-21. After nine months in detention, young activist Huynh Duc Thanh Binh has finally been able to meet with his family. Blogger Nguyen Huu […]