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Featured Image: Political prisoner Tran Thi Nga 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 October 22-28. Fifteen protesters will appeal their sentences for “disturbing public order” on November 9. They are just some of the dozens of protesters and […]
Featured Image: Doan Khanh Vinh Quang entering the court house, Source: Vietnam News Agency via AP Thanh Sang 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 September 24-30. From September 22-27, four activists from Can Tho province were tried for their activities on […]
Featured Image: Dao Quang Thuc at his trial on September 19. Source: Vu Thi Ha/ Vietnam News Agency via AP 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 September 17-23. This week, four more activists were sentenced to prison terms in Vietnam. Do Cong […]
Featured Image: Nguyen Van Hoa 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 August 20-26. Political prisoners Nguyen Van Hoa and Nguyen Viet Dung were beaten and forced to give testimony against environmental activist Le Ding Luong. Both recanted on […]
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 […]
Above: Land rights activist Do Cong Duong will face trial in August, according to his lawyer 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 23-29. Authorities have postponed pro-democracy activist Le Dinh Luong’s trial, originally scheduled for July 30. […]
Featured imaged: American Will Nguyen, Source: Reuters 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 16-22. American graduate student Will Nguyen is free and in Singapore after a court in Ho Chi Minh City convicted him but did not […]
Above: Journalist Le Anh Hung, Source: Vietnam Right Now 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 2-8. Imprisoned blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh is on a hunger strike to protest authorities’ denial of her request to transfer cells; […]
Above: Protester in Ho Chi Minh City. Source: Vietnam Right Now 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 4-10. In a surprising decision, Vietnam released political prisoners Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thu Ha and sent them immediately into […]
Above: Mai Khoi, Source: Oslo Freedom Forum 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 May 28-June 3. Imprisoned blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh was recently on a hunger strike to protest prison treatment, and labor rights activist Tran Thi Nga […]