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I’m so grateful that the VNmese are fighting back vs the communist and the ‘free world’ is recognizing their works. Sometimes, international recognition and pressure are vital for their causes. Simply put, these totalitarian governments will have to think twice before terminating these activists!
I’m so grateful that the VNmese are fighting back vs the communist and the ‘free world’ is recognizing their works. Sometimes, international recognition and pressure are vital for their causes. Simply put, these totalitarian governments will have to think twice before terminating these activists!
Pham Thanh Nghien in an undated photo.![]()
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Photo courtesy of Danlambao Also organizations such as VOA and RFA are the crucial deliver mediums for the entire planet. As a child during VNCH era, after dark, just about every house in my neighborhood was tuned to VOA broadcast for people are both concerned and hunger for news. To this day, I would bet that VNmese are still tuning in and even more with the aid of internet. So kudos to VOA and RFA!!!
As usual; there is a saying in VN…’whenever the invaders come knocking, even the women folks must fight…’ I believe these women are living up to this.
Do not be afraid; let’s rise with truth and a belief of freedom in our hearts and services.
No matter what the Chinese took from us (Now, it’s the VNmese communist) after each invasion; i.e. burned our books, murdered our scholars (easier to rule over an ignorant mass), took our best blacksmith and carpenters (trade skills), and even rewrite our history; VNmese young men and women have continuing answered the call of freedom. Victory may not come quickly, but you’ll prevail.
Again; don’t be afraid; let’s rise with truth and a belief of freedom in our hearts and services.
Vietnam’s Pham Thanh Nghien Named Finalist for Rights Defenders at Risk Award
Vietnamese blogger and former political prisoner Pham Thanh Nghien has been named a finalist for the Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk, honoring activists who jeopardize their own safety to benefit their communities.
Nghien, who is known for her work publicizing violations against and defending the rights of relatives of fishermen killed by Chinese patrols in the South China Sea, was one of five finalists selected for the 2017 award, Ireland-based Front Line Defenders said in a statement.
Also selected were Ukrainian rights lawyer Emil Kurbedinov, South African land and environment campaigner Nonhle Mbuthuma, imprisoned Kuwaiti minority activist Abdulhakim Al Fadhli and Nicaraguan anti-canal crusader Francisca Ramírez Torres.
“These five defenders demonstrate the tenacity and will to persist in the face of severe, often life threatening risks,” the statement said, citing executive director of Front Line Defenders Andrew Anderson as he announced the finalists in Dublin on March 30.
“Human rights defenders tell us that international visibility is vital to their work, particularly as governments and corporations work to defame, slander, and delegitimize their peaceful struggle for rights … Their struggle has not gone unnoticed and we in Ireland support their fight for rights.”
The 2017 finalists and their families have faced attacks, defamation campaigns, legal harassment, death threats, prison sentences, and intimidation, according to Front Line Defenders, which works to promote the visibility and protection of activists it says are critical to rights movements in their countries and communities.
A recipient of the 2009 Human Rights Watch Hellman/Hammet award for writers targeted with political persecution, Nghien was arrested in August that year and sentenced in 2010 to a four-year prison term, followed by three years’ probation under the charge of conducting propaganda against the state.
Her home has since been raided, she has been blocked from attending medical appointments, had a padlock placed on her door from the outside, and been refused a marriage certificate.
During her probation, Nghien spearheaded several rights campaigns and co-founded the Vietnamese Bloggers’ Network along with jailed blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh—also known as Mother Mushroom (Me Nam). On Wednesday, Quynh was honored in absentia by the U.S. Department of State with the International Women of Courage Award for her work highlighting rights abuses in Vietnam.
Speaking to RFA’s Vietnamese Service Friday, Nghien’s friend and fellow activist Kim Chi said that despite the blogger’s petite size, she is “very brave and always willing” to speak out about her beliefs, noting that she had even suffered a severe beating by police in 2015 that left her covered in bruises.
“Today, she and her husband continue to be harassed [by the government], but she continues to write important articles that everybody should read,” Chi said.
“She has never stopped working for noble causes.”
The recipient of the 2017 Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk will be announced at a ceremony in Dublin on May 26.
Reported by RFA’s Vietnamese Service. Translated by Viet Ha. Written in English by Joshua Lipes.
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Hate Communistfrom ghet bac Ho
I’m so grateful that the VNmese are fighting back vs the communist and the ‘free world’ is recognizing their works. Sometimes, international recognition and pressure are vital for their causes. Simply put, these totalitarian governments will have to think twice before terminating these activists!
Also organizations such as VOA and RFA are the crucial deliver mediums for the entire planet. As a child during VNCH era, after dark, just about every house in my neighborhood was tuned to VOA broadcast for people are both concerned and hunger for news. To this day, I would bet that VNmese are still tuning in and even more with the aid of internet. So kudos to VOA and RFA!!!
As usual; there is a saying in VN…’whenever the invaders come knocking, even the women folks must fight…’ I believe these women are living up to this.
Do not be afraid; let’s rise with truth and a belief of freedom in our hearts and services.
No matter what the Chinese took from us (Now, it’s the VNmese communist) after each invasion; i.e. burned our books, murdered our scholars (easier to rule over an ignorant mass), took our best blacksmith and carpenters (trade skills), and even rewrite our history; VNmese young men and women have continuing answered the call of freedom. Victory may not come quickly, but you’ll prevail.
Again; don’t be afraid; let’s rise with truth and a belief of freedom in our hearts and services.
Apr 03, 2017 11:28 AM
Bill Laurie chuyển
Phạm Thanh Nghiên vào chung cuộc giải nhân quyền 2017
RFA
Cựu tù nhân chính trị Phạm Thanh Nghiên.
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Courtesy of danlambao Cựu tù nhân chính trị Phạm Thanh Nghiên được đưa vào danh sách chung cuộc 5 người cho giải thưởng ‘Những nhà Bảo vệ Tuyến đầu năm 2017’ vì những đóng góp, xả thân cho cộng đồng.
Bốn người khác thuộc các quốc gia Nicaragua, Ukraine, Nam Phi và Kuwait.
Năm người được chọn lựa từ 142 người thuộc 56 quốc gia khác nhau.
Ông Andrew Anderson, người đứng đầu tổ chức Những nhà Bảo vệ Tuyến đầu’ nói rằng năm người được trao giải thưởng là những người rất can đảm trong cuộc đấu tranh dù bản thân họ phải đương đầu với sự đe dọa tính mạng.
Lễ trao giải sẽ được tổ chức vào ngày thứ sáu, 26 tháng năm tới đây tại Tòa thị sảnh thủ đô Dublin của nước Cộng hòa Ai Len.
Bà Phạm Thanh Nghiên, bị án tù 4 năm vào năm 2010 ở Hải Phòng, vì tham gia đấu tranh chống những hành động bắn giết ngư dân Việt Nam của Trung Quốc trên biển Đông.
Sau khi ra tù, bà vẫn tiếp tục đấu tranh bằng các phương tiện truyền thông như là một blogger, và vẫn thường xuyên bị các cơ quan công quyền sách nhiễu. Bà hiện đang sống cùng gia đình tại thành phố Hồ Chí Minh.
http://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/news/vietnamnews/vn-human-rights-blogger-among-five-finalists-f-hmr-award-05232017093607.html?searchterm:utf8:ustring=ph%E1%BA%A1m+thanh+nghi%C3%AAn
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