VIETNAMESE blogger Pham Thanh Nghien has been named one of five finalists for the 2017 Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk, an award recognising activists who risk their lives to benefit their communities.
Nghien was imprisoned in 2010 for four years as a result of her work publicising violations against and defending the rights of relatives of fishermen killed by Chinese patrols.
https://youtu.be/ghgTJbB4sV0Video can’t be loaded: Pham Thanh Nghien, Vietnam – 2017 Award Finalist Video (https://youtu.be/ghgTJbB4sV0)
She is currently under house arrest due to a three year probation period under the charge of conducting propaganda against the state.
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Source: Asian Correspondent
