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Political prisoner Hoang Duc Binh‘s family updated The 88 Project on his prison conditions. Binh is an environmental and labor activist who is serving 14 years in prison for “resisting officers in the performance of their official duties” and “abusing democratic freedoms.” *** Update, October 7, 2022: According to Hoang Nguyen, the younger brother of […]
Nghệ An, May 24, 2018 To: – The governments of all democratic countries in the world – The European Union – All international Human Rights Organizations – Environmental Protection organizations Dear all, My son Hoàng Đức Bình was born on February 10, 1983. In 2016, the Formosa plant dumped untold amounts of toxic waste into […]
Video by Chuyện của Thịnh May 15 marks two years since environmental and labor rights activist Hoang Duc Binh was arrested in a violent spectacle in Nghe An province. Since his arrest, he has faced extremely difficult prison conditions due to his activism, as well as numerous health issues. Binh was inspired to get involved […]
The 88 Project, July 14, 2018: After a recent visit with imprisoned environmental activist Hoang Duc Binh, his brother reported back on Binh’s extremely difficult conditions in prison. Hoang Duc Binh is currently housed in a cell with death row prisoners who assault and threaten him. Binh is forced to use his meager 48.00 VND […]
Amnesty International released an Urgent Action for Hoang Duc Binh, a labor and environmental activist who was sentenced to fourteen years in prison on February 6, 2018. His appeal of his sentence was denied on April 24. Please take the Urgent Action, calling for Binh’s release from prison and protection from mistreatment thereafter.
June 19, 2023 Dear supporters, We are in the process of revising our research methodology to ensure that it reflects our values. Among others, these values include protecting human rights defenders– who we see as the agents of progressive social change– and recognizing the indivisibility of all types of human rights. This means that […]
Dang Dinh Bach May 26, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden should condition a planned visit by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong in Washington D.C. as early as July on the unconditional release from prison of climate activists. Project 88 welcomes the early release of Goldman prize-winning climate activist […]
Above: Nguy Thi Khanh at her appellate trial in Hanoi on November 21, 2022, Source: VNA via Zing News Award-winning environmentalist Nguy Thi Khanh will have her prison sentence reduced by three months. On November 21, Khanh’s sentence was reduced from 24 months to 21 months by an appellate court in Hanoi. Khanh, one […]
The right to enjoy a clean environment and the right to speak up for it are protected by international law. In Vietnam, however, people who attempt to exercise these rights are harassed, intimidated, and jailed. Activist Cao Vinh Thinh, for example, has been kidnapped, interrogated and evicted for her efforts to combat climate change. Nguyen […]
Poet Trần Đức Thạch (b. 1952) was a soldier in the North Vietnamese army and the author of the short story ‘The Haunting Mass Grave.” He was sentenced in 2009 to three years in prison for “propaganda against the state.” His human rights activism came spontaneously. He denied military orders from above to “better kill […]