On December 19, Project88 released a new report highlighting key types of human rights violations by the Vietnamese state in 2022 and early 2023 that Project88 believes, when taken together, are indicative of an intensification of repression in Vietnam. These human rights violations include: The government use of arbitrary detention, surveillance, intimidation, and restriction of […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of Dec. 6-12. “As key leaders of Vietnam’s climate change movement remain behind bars and JETP donors fail to condition the disbursement of funding on civil society participation, there is nobody left to hold the government […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the weeks of Nov. 22-28 and Nov. 29- Dec.5. “By arresting [Ngo Thi To] Nhien, the Vietnamese government has sent the message that research on energy policy is now off limits to civil society.” – Project88 issue brief on the arrest […]
On November 28, Project88 released a new issue brief covering the arrest of Ngo Thi To Nhien by Vietnamese authorities and documenting how her arrest is part of Vietnam’s ongoing suppression of climate activists. On September 15, 2023, Vietnam arrested Ngo Thi To Nhien, the head of the Vietnam Initiative for Energy Transition Social Enterprise. […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of Nov. 15-22. There will be no newsletter next week; we will resume publication the week of Dec. 4. “The Resident Coordinator seemingly did not adequately address the risk posed by the arrests of climate activists […]
To: Jorge Moreira da Silva, Undersecretary-General and UNOPS Executive Director Sanjay Mathur, UNOPS, Director, Asia Region Philip Timothy Rose,Fund Director, Southeast Asia Energy Transition Partnership Pauline Tamesis, UN Resident Coordinator for Vietnam 23 November, 2023 Dear Mr. Jorge Moreira da Silva, Mr. Sanjay Mathur, Mr. Philip Timothy Rose, and Ms. Pauline Tamesis, Re: Failure […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of Nov. 7-15. “Previously, Vietnam generally targeted human rights activists and advocates for democratic reform. In recent years, however, the government has begun to target people who run non-governmental organizations that work on development issues. […]
In addition to our joint submission with the Vietnam Climate Defenders Coalition, Project88 also lodged its own submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development, Professor Surya Deva, ahead of Deva’s visit to Vietnam from Nov. 6-15. In it, we highlight a myriad of issues facing civil society actors that are preventing […]
Project88 contributed to a joint submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development, Professor Surya Deva, ahead of Deva’s visit to Vietnam from Nov. 6-15. Project88, International Rivers, and Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide, argue that Vietnam cannot meet development goals unless climate change and environmental thinkers and leaders, as well as civil […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of Oct. 31-Nov. 6. “The achievement of closer ties between the U.S. and Vietnam has coincided with a significant increase in human rights abuses by the Vietnamese state against its own citizens. Far from promoting […]