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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 7-13. Another Facebooker has been given a harsh sentence while a female prisoner from the Formosa protests suffers from health issues. A political prisoner was transferred without his family’s awareness […]
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 31-June 6. One more Facebooker has been sentenced to prison for “anti-state propaganda.” An independent journalist is now a fugitive wanted by the police. The US annual report on Religious […]
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 17-23, 2021. Top of the news is the “election” for the National Assembly, a rubber-stamp body, that occurs every five years. Read updates on one independent candidate who was arrested, […]
Almost two months after Le Trong Hung’s arrest, his wife, Do Le Na, who is blind, struggles with day-to-day tasks and to provide care for their two young children. Hung, 42, was arrested on March 27 for simply running for the National Assembly elections as an independent candidate. Do Le Na and her children. Source. […]
Two weeks after announcing his intention to stand as a candidate in Vietnam’s forthcoming National Assembly elections, Le Trong Hung was arrested. Hung is an independent journalist who has supported local activists in their disputes with the government over land rights. We sat down with Hung’s wife, Do Le Na, to discuss Hung’s work, and […]
Freedom fighter and democracy activist Tran Huynh Duy Thuc is an engineer and entrepreneur from Ho Chi Minh City (b. 1966) who started his own internet company in the early 2000s. He was arrested in May 2009 and sentenced to sixteen years in prison, allegedly for “activities to overthrow the government.” The freedom fighter is […]
Greetings from The 88 Project! We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of March 8-14. Six defendants in the Dong Tam Commune case had their appeals denied this week; two are facing death sentences and one life in prison. The six were tried as part 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 February 22-28. Six defendants from the Dong Tam Commune incident will appeal their sentences — including two death sentences and a life sentence– in early March. Land rights activist Nguyen Thi […]
Greetings from The 88 Project! We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of January 18-24. Journalist Le Huu Minh Tuan will appeal his 11-year prison sentence, while Pham Chi Dung will not appeal his 15-year sentence. On January 20, The People’s Court of Hau Giang Province […]
Greetings from The 88 Project and Happy New Year! We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of December 21-27, December 28-January 3, and January 4-January 10. Three independent journalists– Pham Chi Dung, Nguyen Tuong Thuy, and Le Huu Minh Tuan– were sentenced to a combined 37 years […]