The International Film and Human Rights Festival (FIFDH) dedicates its 20th edition to 2 women activists – 2022 Martin Ennals Laureate Pham Doan Trang and Ida Leblanc, a winner of the Martine Anstett 2022 Prize.
Join us in the world premiere of the film on Pham Doan Trang this Thursday, March 3 at 12:30h CET (Geneva time)!
The International Film Festival on Human Rights (FIFDH) dedicates its 20th edition to human rights defenders Pham Doan Trang and Ida Leblanc.
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Journalist and blogger Pham Doan Trang has been in detention since October 2020 and was recently sentenced to 9 years in prison for “propaganda against the state”. The 43-year-old was accused by the Hanoi regime of “defaming the Vietnamese government and inventing fake news“. In one of the world’s most repressive countries towards civil society, where freedom of the press is non-existent, Pham Doan Trang – RSF 2019 Prize – has founded numerous independent media and publishing houses – including Nha Xuat Ban Tu Do or Law Magazine – and the NGO Green Trees, making her the target of a government that does not tolerate dissent. Despite intimidation, torture and repeated arrests, Pham Doan Trang is fighting to end systematic abuse of both human rights and freedom of the press in Vietnam. She won several awards including recently the Martin Ennals Award 2022.
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The International Film Festival on Human Rights (FIFDH) returns with in-person events and activities after 2 years in pandemic. Â This time around, it is dedicating its 2oth edition to 2 women activists, Pham Doan Trang and Ida Leblanc.
Title: InvitĂ©s d’exception et retour du public pour les 20 ans du FIFDH
Publish Date: February 15, 2022
Publisher: LĂ©man Bleu
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In Geneva, the International Film Festival on Human Rights (FIFDH) will find its audience for its 20th anniversary, after two editions in line with the pandemic. From March 4 to 13, women and racism in Switzerland are the favorite themes of the anniversary edition.
This year, the FIFDH will be resolutely turned towards women. Opened by the High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, it will be dedicated to the Vietnamese journalist and activist Pham Doan Trang, detained for several months in her country. As well as the general secretary of the union of domestic workers in Trinidad and Tobago, Ida Leblanc who will receive a prize.
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Acclaimed human rights defender Pham Doan Trang is one of the featured women activists in The 20th International Film and Human Rights Festival in Geneva, Switzerland. Â The FIFDH will have its screenings from March 4 to 13, 2022.
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Pham Doan Trang is a Vietnamese journalist, Ida Leblanc an advocate for domestic workers’ rights in Trinidad and Tobago
Journalist and blogger Pham Doan Trang has been in detention since October 2020 and was recently sentenced to 9 years in prison for “propaganda against the state”. The 43-year-old was accused by the Hanoi regime of “defaming the Vietnamese government and inventing fake news“.
In one of the world’s most repressive countries towards civil society, where freedom of the press is non-existent, Pham Doan Trang – RSF 2019 Prize – has founded numerous independent media and publishing houses – including Nha Xuat Ban Tu Do or Law Magazine – and the NGO Green Trees, making her the target of a government that does not tolerate dissent.
According to Reporters Without Borders, Vietnam currently has a record 44 journalists and bloggers in detention, and ranks 175th out of 180 countries in the World Press Freedom Index.
Despite intimidation, torture and repeated arrests, Pham Doan Trang is fighting to end systematic abuse of both human rights and freedom of the press in Vietnam. Nominated for the prestigious Martin Ennals Award 2022 on 2nd June in Geneva, the Festival dedicates its 20th edition to her.
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