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Featured photo: Nguyen Trung Truc, the fifth member of the Brotherhood for Democracy that authorities have arrested in the past week. Greetings from Huong, Ella, and Kaylee 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 31 to August 6. As […]
RFA May 11, 2017: A human rights defender held in detention for online activism is in poor health and has been refused visits from her family, according to her lawyer, who met with her Thursday for the first time since she was arrested nearly four months ago. Tran Thi Nga, 40, was arrested on Jan. 21 […]
Given the recent violent clashes between citizens and police in Vietnam, the proposed ban on audio and video recording devices, and arrests of several prominent bloggers so far in 2017, it may come as little surprise that Vietnam ranks 175 out of 180 countries on Reporters Without Borders’s (RSF) newly-released 2017 World Press Freedom Index. […]
Defend the Defenders, February 17, 2017: On February 17, Vietnam’s security forces in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh violently dispersed the peaceful gatherings of local activists who want to mark the 38th anniversary of China’s invasion of the country’s six northernmost provinces. Hundreds of after activists gathered in Ly Thai To King memorial in Hanoi and […]
Because Vietnamese press has never been free. A brief review of international reports last month is enough to convey the situation of the press’ (lack of) freedom year-round: Human Rights Watch, April 4: “Vietnam: 7 Convicted in One Week. Long Prison Terms for Bloggers, Activists” – among them were three prominent bloggers/citizen journalists. U.S. State […]
On March 22, less than 24 hours before the trial of prominent bloggers Nguyen Huu Vinh (aka Anh Ba Sam) and Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy, families and friends of the two bloggers officially launched the book “Anh Ba Sam” in Ha Noi with foreign diplomats from Western embassies in attendance. “Anh Ba Sam” is the […]
Article 19– International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Everyone shall have the right to hold opinions without interference. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in […]
This year has been one of growth for us here at The 88 Project, and we couldn’t have done our work without you. Thank you for supporting us. This year has brought news of arrests, beatings, and harassment, as well as a few spots of progress in the struggle for freedom of expression in Vietnam. […]
These past six weeks have been a whirlwind for us here at The 88 Project! We celebrated Tran Huynh Duy Thuc’s birthday on November 29th and raised awareness for his unjust imprisonment, we took part in Human Rights Day on December 10th, we also began planning for 2015. We also launched the beta version of […]
Violations of human rights and international law take center stage in this week’s recap. In a recent filing by the Stanford Program in International and Comparative Law, Director Allen Weiner expressed concern over Vietnam’s violation of several articles of international law, including provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the […]