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Following a flurry of high-profile trials in the last two weeks of 2021, the People’s Court in Vietnam kept on rolling as the new year began. The first two weeks alone saw an incredible eight arrests under Articles 117 and 331, with a few multi-year sentences tacked on for good measure. The actions actually heated […]
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 10-16. Barely two weeks into the new year and the government of Vietnam is already busy charging numerous people with Article 117. At least eight people have been arrested, a few of […]
On December 16, 2021, long-time activist and former political prisoner Do Nam Trung was given a 10 year prison sentence for conducting “anti-State propaganda,” bringing the total number of Article 117 victims to four in just three days — a new record. Out of the four people tried in the same week– Pham Doan Trang, […]
Greetings from The 88 Project. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the weeks of November 22-28 and November 29-December 5. A female activist with young children was sent to prison after her sentence suspension was revoked. A group of political prisoners staged a strike to protest ill treatment. […]
Greetings from The 88 Project. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of October 31 – November 6. A journalist at a state-run newspaper was tried for his Facebook posts, a former police captain was jailed and allegedly tortured for his Youtube videos; both […]
Do Le Na, the wife of Le Trong Hung (an independent politician), reported that her 10-year-old child has been followed around by secret Vietnamese police. A classmate of his has been spreading rumors about his father, an independent politician. Several adults in the neighborhood stopped the child outside the house and asked if his father […]
Greetings from The 88 Project! We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of September 13-19. The appeal trial for mother-son defendants was abruptly postponed without notice. A Facebooker was released after completing his sentence. Read a detailed update on a prominent blogger who was kidnapped and […]
Greetings from The 88 Project! We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of September 6-12. Now that Vice-president Kamala Harris’s visit is in the rearview mirror, Vietnam has resumed its regular crackdown on dissent. Five new charges of “anti-state propaganda” were issued this week. The date […]
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 2-8. Two events dominate this week’s news. The first is the precarious health situation of Tran Huynh Duy Thuc as he battles through his most recent hunger strike. The other […]
Greetings from The 88 Project! We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the weeks of June 28 – July 4 and July 5-11. An unusual string of arrests took place within a two-week period. The arrested were: activist Le Dung Vova, who had been evading police […]