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Phạm Đoan Trang

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Phạm Đoan Trang
BornMay 27 1978
Hanoi, Vietnam
NationalityVietnamese
EducationForeign Trade University (Graduated in 2001, International Economics)[1]
OccupationAuthor
Known forCo-founder of luatkhoa.org
AwardsHomo Homini Award (2017)
Websitephamdoantrang.com

Pham Doan Trang (born 1978 in Hanoi) is a Vietnamese author, blogger, journalist, publisher, and democracy activist.[2][3][4][5] She received the 2017 Homo Homini Award from People In Need, who called her "one of the leading figures of the contemporary Vietnamese dissent".[4][6]

Work and recognition

Trang is the co-founder of the blog Luat Khoa Tap Chi (Journal of Law).[2] In 2017, she published Chính Trị Bình Dân (Politics for Everyone), her ninth book.[2][3][4] Her blog receives around 20 thousand daily visitors.[4] Since then, she has sought refuge at an undisclosed location, where she also speaks to the media.[7]

She is also the co-founder of the publishing house Nhà xuất bản Tự Do (Liberal Publishing House)[5] which in 2020 was awarded the International Publishers Association's IPA Prix Voltaire.[8][9]

In 2018, Trang was awarded the Homo Homini Award by the Czech-based human rights organisation People In Need.[2][3][4] She was lauded for using "plain words to fight the lack of freedom, corruption and the despotism of the communist regime."[4]

Arrests

According to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Trang was detained under de facto house arrest in February 2018. Her treatment by the government has been condemned by RSF.[2][3]

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."[10] She has been charged under Article 117 of the penal code for "propaganda against the State", and faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in jail if convicted.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Full interview Doan Trang". The 88 Project (Interview) (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e RFA: Vietnamese Activist Blogger Placed Under House Arrest in Hanoi (26 February 2018) (accessed 29 March 2018)
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Reporters Without Borders: Well-known Vietnamese journalist hounded, facing imminent arrest (27 February 2018) (accessed 29 March 2018)
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f People in Need: The Homo Homini Prize for 2017 will be awarded to a persecuted Vietnamese blogger (13 February 2018) (accessed 29 March 2018)
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Porter Anderson, Vietnamese Publishing House Co-Founder Arrested Ahead of Frankfurt Appearance, publishingperspectives.com. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Nhà báo Phạm Đoan Trang được trao giải nhân quyền Homo Homini". VOA (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2018-03-30.
  7. ^ "Blogger Phạm Đoan Trang ẩn trốn sau khi bị thẩm vấn". BBC Tiếng Việt. 2018-03-02. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  8. ^ Prix Voltaire 2020, internationalpublishers.org. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  9. ^ Porter Anderson, A Clandestine Press, Vietnam’s Liberal Publishing House Wins IPA’s 2020 Prix Voltaire, publishingperspectives.com. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  10. ^ Thang, Quoc; Do, Ba; Du, Pham (October 7, 2020). "Vietnamese woman arrested for anti-state propaganda". VN Express. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  11. ^ "Journalist Pham Doan Trang arrested on anti-state charges in Vietnam". Committee to Protect Journalists. 2020-10-07. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
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