José Borghino, IPA Secretary General issues a statement on the 9 nine year sentence of Pham Doan Trang, the recipient of the 2020 IPA Prix Voltaire.
- Title: IPA condemns 9 year sentence of Vietnamese author and publisher Pham Doan Trang
- Publish Date: December 14, 2021
- Publisher: International Publishers Association (IPA)
Excerpt:
On Tuesday 14 December, the Washington Post reported that Vietnamese publisher, author and journalist Pham Doan Trang has been sentenced by the Hanoi People’s Court to 9 years in prison for disseminating anti-state propaganda.
José Borghino, IPA Secretary General, said: All publicly available information about this case, the charges and the process make it impossible to see this as anything but a show trial. The International Publishers Association commends Pham Doan Trang for her bravery in the face of this persecution which can only be intended to intimidate others into silence.
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