April 12, 2024
Pham Doan Trang, imprisoned Vietnamese writer and dissident, to receive PEN America’s Freedom to Write Award at NYC Gala May 16
PEN America announced today that Vietnamese author, journalist and dissident Pham Doan Trang will receive the 2024 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award on May 16 at the organization’s annual literary gala. The PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award is given each year to a jailed writer of conscience. Last year’s conferral of the award to imprisoned Iranian human rights activist […]
April 17, 2024
Coalition urges Apple to call out Vietnam’s persecution of climate activists
by Defend the Defenders • [Human Rights]
Tech giant Apple Inc. has a duty to call out Vietnam’s targeting of climate activists in line with its own policies after making the southeast Asian nation its primary manufacturing hub outside of China, a group of 61 environmental and human rights organizations said in an open letter on Thursday. Apple must publicly condemn Hanoi’s […]