In an appeal hearing lasting about three hours on August 25, the Higher People’s Court in Hanoi upheld the nine-year prison sentence for well-known human rights activist and journalist Pham Doan for the chase of “conducting anti-state propaganda” under Article…
The appeal hearing of well-known journalist Pham Doan Trang, who has been awarded many international human rights awards, is scheduled for Aug 25. One of her lawyers said that the sentence reduction depends on whether the defendant pleads guilty or…
On July 14, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting press freedom and protecting journalists worldwide, announced the list of winners of the International Press Freedom Award 2022. Four journalists from the Americas, Europe, and…
On June 3, 2022, Ms. Bui Thi Thien Can on behalf of her daughter, journalist Pham Doan Trang, received the Martin Ennals international human rights award. Speaking at the award ceremony held in Geneva – Switzerland, the mother of the…
Ms. Bui Thi Thien Can, 81 years old, Pham Doan Trang’s mother, activist Will Nguyen and co-founder of Luat Khoa magazine Tran Quynh Vi went to Geneva, Switzerland to campaign for Ms. Trang. Speaking to BBC News Vietnamese, Ms. Can…
According to Saigon-based lawyer Nguyen Van Mieng, three activists Pham Doan Trang, Trinh Ba Phuong, and Le Anh Hung remained indomitable in the detention camp of the Hanoi police, determined not to succumb to Vietnamese security forces’ repression. That is…
Independent journalist Pham Doan Trang, who is being imprisoned by the Vietnamese government, will be honored by Jill Biden, the First Lady of the United States, in honor of International Women of Courage 2022, along with 11 other women around…
Immediately after freelance journalist, Pham Doan Trang was sentenced to nine years in prison by the Hanoi government on December 14, the US, the UK, Canada, and a number of Western countries voiced their protest to this sentence and called…
Press briefing notes on Viet Nam Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 17 December 2021 We are deeply troubled by the harsh sentencing of human rights and land rights defenders convicted of spreading anti-State propaganda in…
On May 18, 2021, Germany’s Pen Center (PEN) named Vietnamese independent journalist Pham Doan Trang as its honorary member and demanded her immediate release. She is one of the most famous Vietnamese government critics and was arrested on October 6,…
