Your current location:HOME >business >Jailed Vietnamese dissident Pham Doan Trang to be honored by PEN America 正文
TIME:2024-05-01 13:34:38 Source: Internet compilationEdit:business
NEW YORK (AP) — Imprisoned Vietnamese author-blogger-journalist Pham Doan Trang will be this year’s
NEW YORK (AP) — Imprisoned Vietnamese author-blogger-journalist Pham Doan Trang will be this year’s recipient of PEN America’s Barbey Freedom to Write Award, given by the literary and free expression organization to a “jailed writer of conscience.”
Trang, 45, has written several books, among them “Politics of a Police State” and “Politics for the Common People.” She has been a prominent critic of the Vietnamese government and a leading advocate for democratic reform who was beaten by police in 2015 and now walks with a limp. In 2020, she was arrested on charges of “propaganda against the state” and sentenced to nine years in prison.
PEN, Amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders are among those who have condemned her treatment.
“Pham Doan Trang has galvanized the Vietnamese people through her writings on democracy, human rights, environmental degradation, and women’s empowerment,” PEN CEO Suzanne Nossel said in a statement Thursday. “The Vietnamese government has persecuted and jailed Trang in an effort to still her voice. She has sacrificed her health and freedom in the pursuit of justice. Despite the government’s crackdown on dissent and activism, her powerful words continue to inspire people across Vietnam and throughout the world.”
Kentucky man on death row for killing 3 children and raping their mother has died2024-05-01 13:29
Xi Jinping arrives in Hong Kong for July 1 celebrations, makes first visit to city since 20172024-05-01 12:52
Xi Jinping arrives in Hong Kong for July 1 celebrations, makes first visit to city since 20172024-05-01 12:47
Inside Thailand's last untouched island: Empty beaches, authentic villages, mangrove forests2024-05-01 12:29
5 takeaways from the global negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution2024-05-01 12:27
Sharp rise in rental fraud including faking payslips, as tenants seek to fight off competition2024-05-01 11:24
I'm a travel writer2024-05-01 11:16
Flight steward leaves passengers in stitches with hilarious pre2024-05-01 10:57
'Obsessed' ex2024-05-01 10:51
More than 214k vehicles seized by police forces last year2024-05-01 10:49
PGA Tour goes to Dallas for same course and new title. LIV Golf plays in Singapore2024-05-01 13:27
Was the Budget too little, too late2024-05-01 13:22
How to grab a last2024-05-01 12:50
Inside the Cambodian hotel with rooms fit for top2024-05-01 12:18
G7 nations commit to phasing out coal by 2035 but give Japan some flexibility2024-05-01 12:01
Your state pension might NOT increase by the full 8.5% this month2024-05-01 11:58
Globetrotting couple share stunning photos from visits to 75 countries2024-05-01 11:54
My widowed 772024-05-01 11:31
The ship that brought down a Baltimore bridge to be removed from collapse site in the coming weeks2024-05-01 11:25
New wonders of the world! The crowd2024-05-01 11:11