She risks being tortured and is facing a 20-year jail sentence

 

She doesn't deserve to be in prison! Dear Friends, Support the campaign for the urgent release of Pham Doan Trang, one of the leading representatives of independent journalism in Vietnam, who was awarded the RSF Press Freedom Prize for Impact a year ago. Arrested in her apartment on the night of 6 October 2020, this well-known journalist was placed in detention on a charge of “anti-government propaganda” without being allowed access to a lawyer and is facing a possible 20-year jail sentence. The real reason for her arrest ? Her work as founder of the dissident online magazine Luât Khoa and editor of The Vietnamese – two publications that help Vietnamese citizens to understand the country’s laws, defend their rights and resist the Vietnamese Communist Party’s authoritarian rule. Trang has become a model for countless young, freedom-loving Vietnamese activists. She is one of Vietnam’s most respected writers. Because of her determined opposition to all forms of injustice and discrimination, she has repeatedly been targeted by the Vietnamese authorities and had to be hospitalized as a result of the after-effects of a beating at the hands of the Ho Chi Minh City police when she was arrested in August 2018.   Now detained by the Vietnamese authorities, she risks being beaten again and tortured in prison. We fear the worst and we ask you to sign this petition for her immediate and unconditional release. And please share the petition on social media using the #FreePhamDoanTrang hashtag.   SIGN THE PETITION Every signature counts. Thank you for your action !       -- REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS Daniel Bastard - 牛丹阳 Head of Asia-Pacific Desk Responsable du bureau Asie-Pacifique 亚太区办公室主任