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Phạm Đoan Trang (born 1978 in
Hanoi Hanoi ( ; ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Vietnam, second-most populous city of Vietnam. The name "Hanoi" translates to "inside the river" (Hanoi is bordered by the Red River (Asia), Red and Black River (Asia), Black Riv ...
) is a Vietnamese author, blogger, journalist, publisher, and democracy activist. She received the 2017
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from
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, who called her "one of the leading figures of the contemporary Vietnamese dissent". In 2024, she is in prison after being convicted of “conducting propaganda against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam”. PEN International website, ''Pham Doan Trang, Imprisoned Vietnamese Writer and Dissident, To Receive PEN America’s Freedom to Write Award at NYC Gala May 16'', article dated April 11, 2024
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Work and recognition

Trang is the co-founder of the blog ''Luật Khoa tạp chí'' (English: "journal of law"). Her blog received around 20,000 daily visitors in 2018. In 2013 she co-founded the Network of Vietnamese Bloggers with Nguyễn Ngọc Như Quỳnh. In 2017, she published ''Chính trị bình dân'' (English: "politics for everyone"), her ninth book. After that, she sought refuge at an undisclosed location, where she also spoke to the media. In 2018, Trang was awarded the
Homo Homini Award The Homo Homini Award (Latin: "A human to another human") is given annually by the Czech human rights organization People in Need to "an individual in recognition of a dedication to the promotion of human rights, democracy and non-violent solutions ...
by the Czech-based human rights organisation
People In Need People in Need (PIN; ) is a Czech nonprofit, non-governmental organisation based in Prague, Czech Republic. PIN implements Humanitarian Aid, humanitarian relief and long term Development aid, development projects, educational programmes, and huma ...
. She was lauded for using "plain words to fight the lack of freedom, corruption and the despotism of the communist regime". She is also the co-founder of the publishing house Nhà xuất bản Tự Do (Liberal Publishing House) which in 2020 was awarded the
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's IPA Prix Voltaire. In 2022, Trang received the
International Women of Courage Award The International Women of Courage Award, also referred to as the U.S. Secretary of State's International Women of Courage Award, is an American award presented annually by the United States Department of State to women around the world who have ...
from the
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. She was awarded the
CPJ International Press Freedom Award The CPJ International Press Freedom Awards honor journalists or their publications around the world who show courage in defending press freedom despite facing attacks, threats, or imprisonment. Established in 1991, the awards are administered by ...
in 2022. In 2024, she received the 2024
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/Barbey Freedom to Write award, which is awarded annually to a jailed writer of conscience.


Arrests

According to
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(RSF), Trang was detained under de facto house arrest in February 2018. Her treatment by the government has been condemned by RSF. On October 7, 2020, she was arrested by Hanoi police and the Ministry of Public Security Officers in Ho Chi Minh City for "making, storing, spreading information, materials, items for the purpose of opposing the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam". She was charged under Article 117 of the penal code for "propaganda against the State", and faced a maximum sentence of 20 years in jail if convicted. In late-2021, she was sentenced to 9 years imprisonment.
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called the conviction "outrageous", saying that her treatment by the Vietnamese government "encompassing harassment, surveillance, threats, torture and bogus prosecutions, is cruelly emblematic of the Vietnamese authorities’ repression of peaceful human rights activism across the country."


References

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