Tran Thi Giao Phuong
Trần Thị Giao Phương
Detainment Type:
Date of Birth: April 11, 1982
Gender: F
Ethnicity: Kinh
Occupation: Blogger
Citizen: Y
Citizenship Status: Citizen (by birth, descent)
Human Rights Defender: Y
Activist Focus:
- Defense of HRDs
Details
Phuong began participating in activism in 2012. At that time, she was chased by the police and even threatened with assault just for buying portions of rice and a few bottles of water for land petitioners who were assaulted and arrested on Vo Thi Sau Street (District 3, Ho Chi Minh City).
On May 11, 2014, for the first time, Phuong herself took to the streets to protest; the reason was China's placement of the HD981 drilling rig in Vietnamese waters. After that, Phuong was taken to Ben Nghe police station (District 1, HCMC). She was detained from noon on May 11 until 1am the next morning before being released. Police confiscated her NOKIA phone, house keys, and more than 100,000 VND. During this detention, Phuong said she was slapped by a male security guard.
From 2016 to 2020, Phuong participated in mass demonstrations or held banners alone to protest Formosa discharging waste into the sea, as well as protested against the Cybersecurity law, the law on special economic zones, and the mistreatment of political prisoners.
Phuong also attended talks or gave interviews with foreign media outlets such as VOA and RFA and expressed her views on political and social issues over social media.
In 2021, when HCMC had a severe Covid outbreak, Phuong organized support for necessities, medicine, and cash for people in the human rights activist circle. She also provided independent media with information that the state was not publishing.
Resources
Information was provided by Tran Thi Giao Phuong to Project88 in June and July 2024.
June 7, 2020:
June 7, 2020
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September 8, 2023 - - Put under police surveillance from 8/9/2023 until 28/9.
On June 7, 2020, while on the way to the market, Phuong was arrested by a group of police from Ward 7, Phu Nhuan district, HCMC. She was interrogated for more than four hours and asked about her relationship with journalist Pham Doan Trang and the Liberal Publishing House. The police opened her phone and found a list of political prisoners and notes on information and means of contact with the relatives of the prisoners.
Phuong refused to answer the questions and refused accusations about her human rights work. She was hit in the head, slapped in the face, and hit in the ribs with a thick magazine. Phuong said that after this incident, she could not stand upright for more than a week. Even so, Phuong refused to sign a transcript of the interrogation.
Profile last updated: 2024-09-20 21:33:18