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Featured Image: Nguyen Van Dai and Nguyen Bac Truyen (R) at trial on April 5, 2018, Source: AFP via Radio Free Asia 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 March 30-April 5. Political prisoner Luu Van Vinh has been […]
Featured Image: Phan Van Thu (left) and his followers in the closed trial in 2013. Source. Phan Van Thu is an activist currently serving life in prison for being the leader of the An Dan Dai Dao (ADDD) sect of Buddhism. His family sent the The 88 Project an update on March 17, 2020 about […]
Featured Image: Truong Duy Nhat at trial on March 9, 2020, Source: Tuoi Tre 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 March 9-15. Truong Duy Nhat was tried on March 9 and sentenced to 10 years in prison for […]
Featured Image: the Venerable Thich Quang Do 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 February 17-23. The Venerable Thich Quang Do, patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, died this week after more than 15 years under house arrest. […]
Featured Image: Chung Hoang Chuong, one of the two people already arrested in 2020. Source: Defend the Defenders 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 January 6-12. After three years in prison, Tran Thi Nga was released early and immediately […]
Featured Image: Nguyen Van Trang, a member of the Brotherhood for Democracy who was originally charged with “activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s administration” but now is charged with “procuring prostitutes” in an apparent attempt to make it easier to extradite him Greetings and Happy New Year from The 88 Project! We are bringing you […]
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 December 16-22. Loc Hung vegetable garden representative Cao Ha Truc was arrested this week when giving gifts to unrecognized veterans. A member of the Falun Gong spiritual movement was also detained this […]
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 December 9-15. Retired teacher and pro-democracy activist Dao Quang Thuc died in prison this week of a brain hemorrhage and lung infection — he was only two years into a 13-year prison […]
Imagine being locked in a prison cell– completely isolated from other prisoners– growing increasingly more uncomfortable from the extreme physical heat inside the tiny room and unable to receive letters from your family. In July, at Prison No. 6 in Nghe An province, Tran Huynh Duy Thuc was placed under solitary confinement in miserable heat […]
Featured Image: Pham Van Diep at trial. Source: Bao Moi Newspaper 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 November 25-December 1. Eight activists were sentenced to a combined 39 years in prison this week in four separate trials. Pham Van Diep […]