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Pham Doan Trang in Léman Bleu: Invités d’exception et retour du public pour les 20 ans du FIFDH

The International Film Festival on Human Rights (FIFDH) returns with in-person events and activities after 2 years in pandemic. This time around, it is dedicating its 2oth edition to 2 women activists, Pham Doan Trang and Ida Leblanc.

Title: Invités d’exception et retour du public pour les 20 ans du FIFDH
Publish Date: February 15, 2022
Publisher: Léman 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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Women in the spotlight and racism in debate for the 20th anniversary of the FIFDH

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February 15, 2022
Pham Doan Trang in Léman Bleu: Trois activistes lauréats du Prix Martin Ennals à Genève
The Martin Ennals Foundation announced the 2022 Laureates including Vietnam’s acclaimed human rights defender Pham Doan Trang.
- Title: Trois activistes lauréats du Prix Martin Ennals à Genève
- Publish Date: January 19, 2022
- Publisher: Léman Bleu
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Note: Original texts in French.

The Martin Ennals Prize honors three human rights activists this year. Vietnamese journalist Pham Doan Trang, Burkinabé Daouda Diallo and Bahraini Abdul-Hadi Al-Khawaja are rewarded, the Martin Ennals Foundation announced on Wednesday in Geneva.

“The jury has chosen three inspiring figures from the human rights movement”, notes the president of the jury, Hans Thoolen. In Vietnam, Pham Doan Trang fought for fundamental freedoms for many years, before being recently sentenced to nine years in prison. The UN has called for his release, while the Ennals Foundation is worried about his health.

This activist “suffers from serious illnesses and has no access to a doctor or a lawyer”, one of her advisers told the press. She was beaten by the police, an attitude that partially disabled her. This award is “the strongest message” for the authoritarian regime in Vietnam that the international community supports it, said his relative.

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Tag: Léman Bleu

Pham Doan Trang in Léman Bleu: Invités d’exception et retour du public pour les 20 ans du FIFDH

Pham Doan Trang in Léman Bleu: Trois activistes lauréats du Prix Martin Ennals à Genève