Phạm Đoan Trang

Pham Doan Trang (born 1978 in Hanoi) is a Vietnamese author, blogger, journalist, and democracy activist.[2][3][4] 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][5]

Phạm Đoan Trang
Born1978
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


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.[6]

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

2018 Arrest

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]

2020 Arrest

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."[7] 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.[8]

References
  1. "Full interview Doan Trang". The 88 Project (Interview) (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  2. RFA: Vietnamese Activist Blogger Placed Under House Arrest in Hanoi (26 February 2018) (accessed 29 March 2018)
  3. Reporters Without Borders: Well-known Vietnamese journalist hounded, facing imminent arrest (27 February 2018) (accessed 29 March 2018)
  4. 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. "Nhà báo Phạm Đoan Trang được trao giải nhân quyền Homo Homini". VOA (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2018-03-30.
  6. "Blogger Phạm Đoan Trang ẩn trốn sau khi bị thẩm vấn". BBC Tiếng Việt. 2018-03-02. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  7. Thang, Quoc; Do, Ba; Du, Pham (October 7, 2020). "Vietnamese woman arrested for anti-state propaganda". VN Express. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  8. "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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