Greetings from The 88 Project. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of November 8-14. A political prisoner in pre-trial detention was allowed to see a lawyer before being charged, a departure from past practice. A prisoner’s wife pleads directly to UN organizations on behalf 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 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 […]
Featured Image: Pham Doan Trang and her guitar, credit: Jin Jin — see all of the illustrated journey on The Vietnamese’s website November 4, 2021 – The Vietnamese Magazine, Luat Khoa Magazine, and The 88 Project today jointly call on members of the public to send letters to Pham Doan Trang who is being detained in […]
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 25-31. Trials for three high-profile defendants, including celebrated journalist Pham Doan Trang, were postponed at the last minute, less than a day after a UN working group issued a critical opinion calling for […]
Authorities in Vietnam have announced that the trial of Pham Doan Trang has been delayed after a member of the prosecution contracted COVID-19, just a day after the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) called for her immediate and unconditional release. In a statement released on October 25, the group accused the government […]
Position Description: Co-Director October 2021 The 88 Project is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization based in the United States. Founded in 2012, The 88 Project supports and encourages freedom of expression in Vietnam by sharing the stories of and advocating for Vietnamese activists who are persecuted because of their peaceful dissent. The 88 Project is looking […]
Ahead of her upcoming trial on 4 November, the undersigned 28 human rights and freedom of expression organizations today condemn the ongoing arbitrary detention of independent journalist and woman human rights defender Pham Doan Trang. We call on the Vietnamese authorities to immediately and unconditionally release and drop all charges against her. The persecution 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 October 18-24. Pham Doan Trang sees a lawyer for the first time since her arrest a year ago; the family asks that she get medical attention. Trinh Ba Phuong’s wife, Thu Do, was […]
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 11-17. One year after her arrest, Pham Doan Trang finally has a court date, one day before the first trial for Trinh Ba Phuong, who has yet to see a lawyer. The […]
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 […]