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  • Pham Doan Trang in East Asia Forum: Vietnam’s path forward on COVID-19 and corruption

    Despite the robust export-led economy, Vietnam is performing very dismally in safeguarding the people’s basic human rights including press freedom and land rights.  Prominent journalist and human rights defender Pham Doan Trang is one of the many whom the CPV has imprisoned to deliberately cleanse Vietnam’s public space of citizens it perceives as troublemakers.

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    The regime continues to cleanse Vietnam’s public space of citizens it perceives as troublemakers. Journalist Pham Doan Trang, sentenced in December to nine years in prison, was one of many convicted in 2021 of ‘conducting propaganda against the state’. In parallel, harsh sentences meted out to farmers accused of mounting an insurrection put land rights activists on notice that resistance to expropriations is futile.

    In December, after exposes that made headlines abroad, Facebook vowed to cease enabling regime efforts to suppress online criticism by Vietnamese bloggers. Hanoi has in the past brought foreign social media to heel simply by squeezing their local advertising revenues.

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  • Pham Doan Trang in Le Courrier: Au prix du courage

    The 2022 Martin Ennals Prize rewards journalist Pham Doan Trang, doctor Daouda Diallo and activist Abdul-Hadi Al-Khawaja, all three of whom are paying dearly for their fight for human rights.

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    Note:  Original texts in French.

    The Martin Ennals Prize has multiplied. Three laureates now share the famous distinction co-awarded each year since 1992 by the eponymous foundation and the City of Geneva. Announced virtually on Wednesday January 19, the 2022 laurels go to Vietnamese journalist Pham Doan Trang, Burkinabé doctor and activist Daouda Diallo and Bahrain political prisoner Abdul-Hadi Al-Khawaja. The official ceremony will take place on June 2 in Geneva. In the meantime, the organizers are announcing several support actions for the winners, who will each receive 20,000 to 30,000 francs in reward, depending on the success of the fundraising.

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    The 2022 Martin Ennals Prize laurels go to Vietnamese journalist Pham Doan Trang, Burkinabé doctor and activist Daouda Diallo and Bahrain political prisoner Abdul-Hadi Al-Khawaja. DR

    There will therefore no longer be any “finalists” and “winner” of the Martin Ennals Prize. “The jury made this decision faced with the impossible mission of choosing a more ‘deserving’ finalist among human rights defenders who all face sometimes extreme threats”, explains the spokesperson. of the Martin Ennals Foundation, Cloé Bitton.

    Censorship in Vietnam

    As if to illustrate this point, the 2022 Prize rewards three paths, three extremely different personalities, but who follow, with the same obstinacy, an ideal of freedom and respect for the human person. “Courage is what they have in common,” describes Hans Thoolen, president of the jury for the Martin Ennals Prize, which is made up of ten major human rights NGOs.

    Thus Pham Doan Trang, journalist and democratic activist, founded and directed several independent media in a country, Vietnam, “where freedom of expression is considered a threat”, notes Phil Robertson. Long in hiding, she has been imprisoned since October 2020. Last month, the journalist was sentenced to nine years in prison for “propaganda against the state”. “Pham Doan Trang is a source of inspiration for many of his other activists and journalists in Vietnam,” continues the deputy director of the Asia division at Human Rights Watch, and member of the Ennals Prize jury.

    The foundation says it is “deeply concerned” for his state of health. According to relatives, Pham Doan Trang was beaten by the police and “has no access to a doctor or a lawyer”.

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  • LIV’s Trinh Huu Long and Pham Doan Trang in UCA News: Jailed Vietnam journalist wins top human rights award

    Legal Initiatives for VIETNAM co-director Trinh Huu Long confirms the Martin Ennals Awards given to his close colleague Pham Doan Trang, is a strong and clear message to the oppressive Vietnamese government that what she is doing is right, and the international community supports her cause.

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    A jailed Vietnamese journalist has been recognized with a top human rights award.

    On Jan. 19, the Martin Ennals Foundation named Pham Doan Trang, Abdul-Hadi Al-Khawaja of Bahrain and Dr. Daouda Diallo of Burkina Faso as winners of the 2022 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders.

    The Geneva-based foundation said the three laureates worked as driving forces of the human rights movement and inspired many more to commit themselves to protect human rights.

    It said Trang, who was sentenced to nine years in jail last month for conducting anti-state propaganda, is a leading journalist, editor and democracy advocate in Vietnam, where the Communist Party has left little room for opposition voices to flourish.

    The 43-year-old activist founded several independent media outlets to raise awareness among citizens of their fundamental rights, galvanizing many other journalists and human rights defenders to speak up.

    Trinh Huu Long, one of her closest colleagues, said: “The Martin Ennals Award is a strong and clear message to the Vietnamese authoritarian government, and, more importantly, to the Vietnamese people, that what she’s been doing is right and the international community is standing by her.”

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  • Pham Doan Trang in CIVICUS: Repression persists as Vietnam jails human rights defender Pham Doan Trang and other activists.

    Since October 2021, several activists, journalists and human rights defenders including Pham Doan Trang have been harassed, arrested and convicted by the authorities simply for exercising their freedom of expression.  CIVICUS examines how Vietnam’s civic space has been continuously repressive, even putting pressure on Facebook to remove “anti-state” posts and silence anti-government critics in Vietnam.

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    Vietnam’s civic space rating remains ‘closed’ in ratings published by the CIVICUS Monitor in December 2021. Among concerns raised by civil society through the year were the use of restrictive laws to criminalise activists, the targeting of journalists, surveillance and allegations of torture and ill-treatment.

    In January 2022, Human Rights Watch (HRW) published its annual report which found that the Vietnamese government hid behind the COVID-19 pandemic to carry out a severe crackdown on peaceful activism. HRW said that people who publicly criticise the government or Communist Party leaders on social media routinely face harassment, intimidation, intrusive surveillance, restrictions on freedom of movement, physical assault and arrest. After being detained for exercising their rights, people face abusive interrogation, long detention periods without access to legal counsel or their families, and trial by politically controlled courts meting out increasingly lengthy prison sentences.

    Since October 2021, the authorities have convicted sentenced human rights defender and journalist Pham Doan Trang to nine years’ imprisonment as well as five journalists of the now-shuttered Báo Sạch (Clean Newspaper). A number of individuals have been arrested and convicted for exercising their freedom of expression online while Facebook was accused of removing “anti-state” posts. Others arrested or jailed include political and land rights activists.

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    Prominent human rights defender and journalist jailed

    🇻🇳#Vietnam: The decision to sentence #humanrightsdefender Pham Doan Trang to 9 years in jail sends a further chilling message for media freedom and freedom of expression in the country.

    ✊We stand with her and other convicted activists and will keep demanding their release. pic.twitter.com/lG0R3xgFlV December 21, 2021

    Human rights defender and independent journalist Pham Doan Trang was sentenced to nine years in prison by The People’s Court of Hanoi on 14th December 2021. She was arrested in Ho Chi Minh City on 7th October 2020 and charged under Article 88 of the 1999 Criminal Code which criminalises “making, storing, distributing or disseminating information, documents and items against the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam.”

    The indictment in Pham Doan Trang’s case includes as evidence several of her published works on environmental and human rights issues, as well as two interviews she gave to Radio Free Asia and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

    In a statement released ahead of her trial, Pham Doan Trang wrote, “The longer the prison sentence, the more demonstrable the authoritarian, undemocratic and anti-democratic nature of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.”

    According to Amnesty International, Pham Doan Trang was held incommunicado from the time of her arrest until 19th October 2021, when she was finally allowed to meet with one of her lawyers after having been denied access to her family and legal representation for over a year.

    On 25th October 2021, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) issued Opinion No. 40/2021 concerning Pham Doan Trang. The WGAD found her detention to be arbitrary and called for her immediate release.

    Pham Doan Trang is among the leading voices and best-known independent writers in Vietnamese civil society and recognised internationally for her human rights advocacy. She is the author of thousands of articles, blog entries, Facebook posts and numerous books about politics, social justice and human rights.

    In 2019, Reporters Without Borders awarded her a Press Freedom Prize in recognition of her impact. Her work at the Liberal Publishing House helped it receive the prestigious Prix Voltaire award in 2020 for its continued coverage in spite of risks and dangers of reprisals. On 20th January she was named this week as a recipient of the 2022 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders, the first rights activist from Vietnam to be given the award.

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  • Pham Doan Trang in HURIDOCS: The three Laureates of the 2022 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders inspire through their courage and hope

    Pham Doan Trang, Daouda Dialo, Abdul-Hadi Al-Khawaja are three inspiring and courageous human rights defenders from Vietnam, Burkina Faso and Bahrain who have been named the 2022 Martin Ennals Award Laureates.

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    We are delighted to share that the Laureates of this year’s Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders are Pham Doan Trang, Daouda Dialo, Abdul-Hadi Al-Khawaja. In 2022, the Jury selected these three activists who through their courage, unfailing hope and strategic approaches, inspire others to stand up for human rights.

    Courage as the connecting dot

    On 19 January 2022, the three Laureates were announced in an online ceremony that was hosted by the Martin Ennals Foundation. According to Hans Thoolen, Chair of the Martin Ennals Award Jury, the Jury nominated three galvanisers of the human rights movement and “courage” is the connecting dot between them.

    Pham Doan Trang is a leading journalist, editor and democracy advocate in Vietnam who is extremely vocal on issues pertaining to democracy and fundamental rights. She was arrested in 2020 and sentenced to 9 years in prison for her courage to raise awareness about human rights and to promote freedom of speech and access to information.

    Meet the Laureates of the 2022 Martin Ennals Award

    Pham Doan Trang (Vietnam)

    In Vietnam, little room remains for human rights activism in a context where the authoritarian government repeatedly stifles citizens’ freedom of speech and the right to information. Pham Doan Trang, a talented journalist and editor of several leading independent media outlets, began advocating for political and civil liberties in the late 2000s. She is a primary advocate for democracy in Vietnam.

    “I hope that some of my writings will touch someone, help them realise the truth and maybe change how they think about society”.– Pham Doan Trang

    In an environment that challenges the very existence of investigative journalism, her unique entrepreneurial initiatives to establish multiple media outlets (such as the Luat Khoa and Liberal Publishing House) were inspirational to many. It galvanised several other journalists in Vietnam to speak up about human rights violations.

    Her persistent efforts to raise awareness amongst the population about their rights made Trang one of the most hunted human rights defenders in Vietnam, until she was eventually arrested in 2020 and remained in incommunicado detention until 19 October 2021. On 14 December 2021, she was sentenced to nine years in prison for “conducting propaganda against the state”. There are growing concerns about her health.

    “Pham Doan Trang’s work is not only needed, but also legitimate, it is essential. She should be freed immediately and unconditionally.”
    –Friedhelm Weinberg, Executive Director of HURIDOCS and Member of the Jury

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  • Pham Doan Trang in VOA Tiếng Việt: Blogger Phạm Đoan Trang được trao Giải nhân quyền Martin Ennals 2022

    Nhà báo Việt Nam Phạm Đoan Trang, hiện đang thụ án 9 năm tù vì các hoạt động “chống phá nhà nước”, đã được trao Giải thưởng Martin Ennals 2022 dành cho những người bảo vệ nhân quyền, ủy ban giải thưởng công bố hôm.

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    Vietnamese journalist Pham Doan Trang, currently serving a nine-year prison sentence for “anti-state” activities, has been awarded the 2022 Martin Ennals Prize for human rights defenders, the awards committee announced today.

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  • Pham Doan Trang in The Diplomat: Imprisoned Vietnamese Journalist Recognized With Human Rights Award

    The Martin Ennals Award committee hailed Pham Doan Trang as an “inspirational” example for activists in Vietnam.

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    The Vietnamese journalist Pham Doan Trang, currently at the top end of a nine year prison sentence for “anti-state” activities, has been awarded the 2022 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders, the award committee announced yesterday.

    Trang, who was garlanded along with Dr. Daouda Diallo from Burkina Faso and Bahrain’s Abdul-Hadi Al-Khawaja, was arrested in Ho Chi Minh City in October 2020, and subsequently charged under Article 117 of the Vietnamese penal code for conducting “propaganda against the State.” Last month, she was convicted and sentenced to nine years in prison.

    The Martin Ennals Award, which “honors individuals and organizations that have shown exceptional commitment to defending and promoting human rights, despite the risks involved,” is due recognition for Trang’s long track record of advocacy in one-party Vietnam. As the co-founder of the dissident blog Luat Khoa Tap Chi (Journal of Law) and several other independent media outlets, Trang was for years prior to her arrest outspoken on a range of issues relating to human rights, democratic rights, and environmental protection.

    Having been arrested several times before for taking part in various protests, Trang was not surprised when the authorities came for her on October 6, 2020, just hours after the conclusion of an annual human rights dialogue conference with the United States government. In a letter that she wrote in May 2019 and requested be released in the event of her detention, she told other activists to take advantage of her imprisonment to negotiate for more freedom in Vietnam, and to “advocate for the others first, then me.”

    “I don’t want freedom for myself: that’s too easy,” she wrote. “I want something greater: freedom for Vietnam.”

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  • Pham Doan Trang in RFI Tiếng Việt: Nhà báo Phạm Đoan Trang được trao giải thưởng nhân quyền « Martin Ennals »

    Listen to Mr. Pham Chinh Truc, the brother of journalist Pham Doan Trang, as RFI tiếng Việt sought his reaction after the prominent human rights defender was proclaimed as one of the 2022 Martin Ennals Laureates.  

    Title: Nhà báo Phạm Đoan Trang được trao giải thưởng nhân quyền « Martin Ennals »
    Publish Date: January 20, 2022
    Publisher: RFI Tiếng Việt

    Full Article and Interview Transcription:

    Original texts in Vietnamese:

    Ngày hôm qua, 19/1/2022, tại Genève, Thụy Sĩ, ban tổ chức giải thưởng nhân quyền « Martin Ennals » đã xướng tên nhà báo Phạm Đoan Trang – nhà báo, nhà hoạt động xã hội người Việt Nam, vừa bị kết án 9 năm tù hồi tháng 12/2021.

    Phạm Đoan Trang được vinh danh vì các nỗ lực từ hơn 10 năm nay trong việc bảo vệ quyền tự do ngôn luận, quyền tiếp cận thông tin của người dân. Ban tổ chức giải thưởng nhấn mạnh các sáng kiến của cô, bao gồm việc lập ra trang mạng thông tin nhân quyền và luật pháp Luật Khoa tạp chí, và Nhà xuất bản Tự Do.

    Cô Đoan Trang bị bắt vào ngày 7/10/2020, bị giam giữ biệt lập suốt hơn một năm, sau đó bị kết án chín năm tù vì tội “Tuyên truyền chống Nhà nước cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam”. Bản án này bị các tổ chức quốc tế và nhiều quốc gia lên án mạnh mẽ. Hiện tại, nhà báo Đoan Trang bị giam tại Hà Nội. Kể từ sau bản án cô tiếp tục không được phép gặp gia đình và không được điều trị y tế.

    Giải thưởng Martin Ennals được tổ chức hàng năm nhằm ghi nhận nỗ lực và vận động bảo vệ các nhà hoạt động nhân quyền trên thế giới. Giải thưởng được thành lập năm 1992, mang tên Martin Ennals, nhà hoạt động nhân quyền người Anh từng là tổng thư ký của Tổ chức Ân xá Quốc tế. Hội đồng chấm giải gồm đại diện của mười tổ chức nhân quyền nổi tiếng.

    Trả lời RFI tiếng Việt, ông Phạm Chính Trực, người anh ruột của nhà báo Phạm Đoan Trang, từ Hà Nội, chia sẻ cảm nhận của ông sau khi biết được thông tin này.

    Ông Phạm Chính Trực : “Đó là sự động viên cho Trang, cũng như cho cả gia đình của mình. Mình nghĩ rằng Trang chưa biết tin vui này đâu. Mình nghĩ đó cũng là động lực tinh thần khá tốt cho mẹ đẻ của Trang. Nhiều người cũng biết là mẹ mình đã ngoài 80 rồi. Suốt thời gian dài (từ khi Trang bị bắt), chỉ được gặp Trang trong phiên sơ thẩm, chỉ nhìn thấy con gái trong phiên tòa thôi.

    Gia đình đến giờ phút này rất thương và luôn tự hào về Trang. Đó là thông điệp mà mình luôn muốn nhắn nhủ với Trang. Mình nghĩ là thông tin này hy vọng sẽ giúp thức tỉnh, giúp hiểu được phần nào về Đoan Trang. Chứ còn bây giờ trong các thông tin trên mạng xã hội chủ yếu vẫn là thông tin của các báo nhà nước thôi. Họ định hướng, rồi làm cho nhiễu loạn làm cho nhiều người, thậm chí cả những người ruột thịt của mình cũng không hiểu được những việc Trang làm.

    Mình nghĩ giải thưởng này có thể cung cấp cho người ta một góc nhìn mới, và giúp người ta hiểu được rằng, à, những việc Trang làm không những trong nước mà bạn bè quốc tế, cộng đồng thế giới người ta cũng đánh giá rất cao, và đấy cũng là điều mà theo mình là cảnh tỉnh, để người ta có ý thức hơn, quan tâm hơn về chính trị. Ở góc độ đó, về mặt lâu dài, sẽ có tác dụng cho sự thay đổi về thể chế chính trị tại Việt Nam. Hy vọng là như vậy“.

    Translated in English:

    Yesterday, January 19, 2022, in Geneva, Switzerland, the organizers of the “Martin Ennals” human rights award named journalist Pham Doan Trang – a Vietnamese journalist and social activist who was recently arrested. sentenced to 9 years in prison in December 2021.

    Pham Doan Trang was honored for her efforts over the past 10 years in protecting the people’s right to freedom of expression and access to information. The awards organizers highlight her initiatives, including the creation of a legal and human rights information website, Faculty of Law, and Freedom Publishing House.

    Ms. Doan Trang was arrested on October 7, 2020, held in isolation for more than a year, then sentenced to nine years in prison for ” Propaganda against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam “. This judgment was strongly condemned by international organizations and many countries. Currently, journalist Doan Trang is detained in Hanoi. Since the sentence she has continued to be denied access to her family and has not received medical treatment.

    The Martin Ennals Awards are held annually to recognize the efforts and advocacy of human rights activists around the world. The award was established in 1992 and named after Martin Ennals, a British human rights activist who served as secretary general of Amnesty International. The judging panel consists of representatives of ten well-known human rights organizations.

    Responding to RFI in Vietnamese, Mr. Pham Chinh Truc, the brother of journalist Pham Doan Trang, from Hanoi, shared his feelings after learning this information.

    Mr. Pham Chinh Truc : ” It’s an encouragement for Trang, as well as for my whole family. I don’t think Trang knows this good news yet. I think it’s also a pretty good spiritual motivation for Trang’s biological mother.

    The family to this moment is very loving and always proud of Trang. That is the message that I always want to convey to Trang. I think this information will hopefully help awaken, help understand a bit about Doan Trang. But now, the information on social networks is still mainly the information of state newspapers. They oriented, and then caused disturbances that made many people, even their own relatives, not understand what Trang did.

    I think this award can give people a new perspective, and help people understand that, well, Trang’s work is not only appreciated in the country but also by international friends and the world community. very high, and that is also what I think is a wake-up call, so that people are more conscious and interested in politics. From that perspective, in the long run, it will work for the change of political institutions in Vietnam. Hopefully so .”

  • Pham Doan Trang in Ville de Genève: Three driving forces of the human rights movement are the Laureates of the 2022 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders

    The City of Geneva offers praises and support to the three galvanizers of the human rights movement- Pham Doan Trang, Dr. Daouda Diallo and Abdul-Hadi Al-Khawaja.  The three were proclaimed as the 2022 Martin Ennals Award Laureates by The Martin Ennals Foundation, the Jury and the City of Geneva as co-host.

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    The three Martin Ennals Award Laureates inspired many more to commit themselves to protect human rights. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Award Ceremony is postponed until June, 2nd 2022. The Martin Ennals Foundation, the Jury and the City of Geneva will meanwhile support the Laureates and celebrate their courage through other actions.

    In Vietnam, Pham Doan Trang, a prominent journalist, fought for freedom of speech and civil rights before being convicted to nine years in prison.

    Celebrating three galvanizers of the human rights movement

    Each year, the Martin Ennals Award provides recognition and protection to human rights defenders who strive for freedom, justice, equality and accountability in their communities and countries, often at the risk of their own lives. Human rights activists work tirelessly across the globe. Some of them bring such passion and charisma to their causes that they inspire others, thus mobilising the future generation of the movement. These exceptional activists are the ones nominated to the Martin Ennals Award. “In 2022, the Jury nominated three galvanizers of the human rights movement; courage is the connecting dot between them. ”, said Hans Thoolen, Chair of the Martin Ennals Award Jury.

    The 2022 Laureates

    • Pham Doan Trang is a leading journalist, editor and democracy advocate in Vietnam, where the Communist Party has left little room for opposition voices to flourish. She directed several independent media outlets to raise awareness amongst Vietnam’s citizens of their fundamental rights galvanising many other journalists and human rights defenders to speak up. She was one of the most hunted activists in her country before being arrested in October 2020. On 14 December 2021, Pham Doan Trang was sentenced to nine years in prison for “conducting propaganda against the state”. There are growing concerns about her health.

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  • LIV’s Trinh Huu Long and Pham Doan Trang in Radio Free Asia: Jailed Vietnamese journalist wins human rights award

    LIV’s Trinh Huu Long and Pham Doan Trang in Radio Free Asia: Jailed Vietnamese journalist wins human rights award

    Legal Initiatives for VIETNAM co-director Trinh Huu Long weighs in on the recognition of his mentor, ally and friend, Pham Doan Trang, who recently, was proclaimed as one of the 2022 Laureates of the Martin Ennals Awards, considered as the Nobel for Human Rights.

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    Jailed Vietnamese journalist Pham Doan Trang was named this week as a recipient of the 2022 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders, the first rights activist from Vietnam to be given the award.

    Trang, now serving a nine-year sentence in Vietnam for spreading “propaganda against the state,” was one of three activists selected this year by a jury of leading human rights NGOs and received the recognition in absentia, a personal representative told RFA after the announcement ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland.

    “This award is a recognition not only from human rights organizations, but also from authorities in the city of Geneva for Pham Doan Trang’s efforts, and it confirms that everything she did was correct,” said Trinh Huu Long, editor-in-chief of Luat Khoa [Law] magazine.

    “We need to protect people like Pham Doan Trang and continue what she started,” Long said. “We also need many more like Pham Doan Trang in order to bring about positive change in the human rights landscape in Vietnam.”

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