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February 10, 2022 – Vietnamese human rights defender and internationally acclaimed independent journalist, Pham Doan Trang, was awarded the 2022 Canada-United Kingdom Media Freedom Award during the third Global Media Freedom Conference in Tallinn, Estonia.

Doan Trang, who spent 434 days in detention before being sentenced in Vietnam for nine years for allegedly conducting “anti-state propaganda”, was given this honor in recognition for her many deeds that champion and uphold media freedom.

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