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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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  • 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.

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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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  • Pham Doan Trang in SWI swissinfo.ch: Activistas de Vietnam, Burkina Faso y Baréin aspiran al premio Martin Ennals

    Staunch human rights defender and prominent dissident Pham Doan Trang is named as one of the 2022 Martin Ennals awardees by a panel of jury made up of members of 10 well-known human rights organizations.

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    Note:  Original texts in Spanish.

    The Vietnamese journalist Pham Doan Trang, the human rights activist in Bahrain Abdul-Hadi Al-Khawaja and the doctor Dauda Diallo, from Burkina Faso, are the three finalists this year for the prestigious Martin Prize Ennals, as announced today by the organizers of the award.

    The three nominees fight for fundamental freedoms in their respective countries and two of them (Trang and Al-Khawaja) are in prison because of their activism, reported the Martin Ennals Foundation, which has awarded these awards since 1994.

    The award jury, made up of members of 10 well-known human rights organizations, highlighted the extraordinary legacy these people leave behind and their courage to inspire others.

    Trang, 43 years old and detained since 2020, became one of the visible faces of the opposition to the authoritarian regime in Vietnam.

    The journalist, through media such as the Luat Khoa and Liberal publishing houses, denounced various human rights violations that occur in her country and tried to make public opinion aware of their fundamental rights.

    This led to a nine-year prison sentence for “propaganda against the state.”

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  • Pham Doan Trang in BBC News Tiếng Việt: Giải thưởng Martin Ennals 2022 được tặng cho bà Phạm Đoan Trang

    BBC News Tiếng Việt reveals the announcement of acclaimed journalist and human rights activist Pham Doan Trang as on of the 2022 Laureates of the Martin Ennals Awards, also known as the Noble Prize for Human Rights.

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    Note:  Original texts in Vietnamese.

    Pham Doan Trang, sentenced to nine years in prison by Vietnam in December, has just been awarded a human rights award by an organization in Geneva.

    The 2022 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders was presented to Ms. Doan Trang, Daouda Diallo of Burkina Faso and Abdul-Hadi Al-Khawaja of Bahrain.  

    The January 19 announcement said Pham Doan Trang was “a leading journalist, editor and democracy activist in Vietnam, where the Communist Party leaves little room for opposition voices.” develop”.

    ‘Independent media’

    “She has run many independent media outlets to raise awareness among Vietnamese about their basic rights, and inspired many other journalists and activists to speak out.”

    “She is one of the most sought-after activists by the government in Vietnam. In October 2020, she was arrested. On December 14, 2021, Pham Doan Trang was sentenced to nine years in prison for “declaring a statement.” anti-state propaganda.” More and more voices are concerned about her health condition.

    The organizers say their award is given to Human Rights Defenders in urgent need of protection, such as those in prison or threatened with imprisonment.

    Each of these winners will be awarded a prize money of 20,000-30,000 Swiss francs.

    The organizers say the importance of this award is not only financial, but can contribute to their protection through the support of famous figures in the world.

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  • Martin Ennals Award: And the Martin Ennals Laureates 2022 are…

    Martin Ennals Award: And the Martin Ennals Laureates 2022 are…

    Pham Doan Trang is one of the three recipients of the Martin Ennals Award, considered to be the Noble Prize for Human Rights.

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    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.

    • 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.

    Commendations for 2022 Martin Ennals Laureate Pham Doan Trang from Irene Khan, UN Special Rapporteur Freedom  of Opinion & Expression

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  • LIV’s Trinh Huu Long’s speech at Martin Ennals Awards – Press Conference

    Trinh Huu Long, co-director of Legal Initiatives for VIETNAM attended the Martin Ennals Awards Press Conference honoring the 2022 Laureates which included his mentor and personal friend, Pham Doan Trang.

    • Publish Date: January 19, 2022

    Press Conference Speech:

    Thank you Mr. Hans Thoolen.

    I am deeply honored to represent my mentor and my best friend Pham Doan Trang today in this event. Foremostly, I would like to thank the Jury, the Martin Ennals Foundation, and the City of Geneva for recognizing and honoring Doan Trang.

    Almost exactly 8 years ago, Doan Trang landed in Geneva for the first time in her life, to attend the UPR hearing on Vietnam, to meet with the United Nations’ representatives and human rights organizations, and to advocate for human rights and democracy in the country that she loves so much. I had the privilege of accompanying her during that trip. And now, she’s honored by the human rights community in the city of Geneva.

    She should be able to be here today with us. Not in prison. And not with a nine years imprisonment sentenced last December with absolutely no hope of overturning the verdict. She is currently being jailed in Hanoi, suffering from severe illnesses without immediate medical attention, without legal representation, and without family visitation.

    Before being jailed, Doan Trang was one of the most hunted activists in Vietnam. She was constantly abducted by the police, being beaten up badly on occasions, resulting in her serious leg injuries and sustaining partial disability. Since her return to Vietnam in 2015, she was constantly on the run every two weeks or two months, and lived in nearly 100 different places across the country.

    Doan Trang’s story represents the state of human rights in Vietnam. You probably often hear fancy words about Vietnam today as a rising star, an Asian tiger, or a tourist destination. Some of that may ring true. But the other side of the country is ugly. We are a “not free” country according to Freedom House; we are ranked at the bottom of the Press Freedom Index of Reporters Without Borders, only better than Eritrea, North Korea, Turkmenistan, China, and Djibouti; and we are having more than 200 prisoners of conscience, Doan Trang included. The authoritarian regime in Vietnam, led by the Communist Party of Vietnam, has given no space for citizens to participate in politics meaningfully, free and fair elections cannot be found anywhere, making Vietnam a smaller version of authoritarian China.

    And that’s why Doan Trang had to fight.

    Doan Trang’s story is a prime example of how we can empower others through kindness, encouragement, and modeling. She writes articles and books, she teaches, she founded independent newspapers and publishing houses. Her kindness touches people’s hearts, her encouragement lifts people up, and her modeling inspires people to follow.

    She is the change she wanted to see in the world.

    And with that, it’s just so obvious that she’s one of the most influential journalists and activists that we have had in Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam War.

    The Martin Ennals Award that she receives today 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. It’s true that we are witnessing democracy retreat around the world. We are also witnessing major setbacks in human rights developments in Vietnam, making 2021 probably the worst year since 2000. But people like Abdul-Hadi Al-Khawaj, Dr. Daouda Diallo, and Doan Trang represent hope for a better future.  And there is hope for a democratic future for Vietnam.

    Thank you.

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  • Pham Doan Trang in HRW World Report 2022: Vietnam Events in 2021

    Renowned journalist and human rights defender Pham Doan Trang is just one of the many Vietnamese dissidents and activists who suffered injustice in the hands of the VCP last year.  In this report, Human Rights Watch (HRW) chronicles the political and human rights suppression in Vietnam.

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    Basic civil and political rights are systematically suppressed in Vietnam. The government, under the one-party rule of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), tightened the grip on freedom of expression, freedom of association, peaceful assembly, freedom of movement and freedom of religion. teacher.

    In 2021, independent trade unions or any organization or group considered to be a threat to the Communist Party’s monopoly on power will still be banned from establishing and operating. Authorities block access to politically sensitive websites and pressure telecommunications and social media companies to remove or limit content critical of the government or ruling party.

    Those who speak out critical of the party or government face intimidation, harassment, impediment from movement, arbitrary detention and arrest, and imprisonment after unfair trials. . Police detained political suspects for months without contacting their lawyers and brutally interrogated them. Party-controlled courts convict activists and bloggers on fabricated national security charges.

    Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Opinion and Freedom of Speech

    Dissidents and human rights activists regularly face the risk of harassment, intimidation, arbitrary arrest and imprisonment. In 2021, Vietnamese courts have tried at least 32 people guilty of posting critical comments about the government, then sentenced them to years in prison. Police arrested at least 26 others on fabricated political charges.

    The government regularly applies article 117 of the penal code, which criminalizes the acts of “making, storing, disseminating or propagating information, documents and items against the State” to punish criminals. civil society activist.

    Famous dissident Pham Doan Trang was detained for more than a year without being able to see his lawyer or family.

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