Tạ Phong Tần

In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Tạ. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Tần.
Tạ Phong Tần
Born (1968-09-15) 15 September 1968
Vĩnh Lợi District, Bạc Liêu Province, Vietnam
Occupations
  • Police officer (formerly)
  • Freelance journalist
OrganizationFree Vietnamese Journalists' Club
Known forDissident blogging against the Communist Party of Vietnam
Parents
  • Tưởng Năng Tiến
  • Đặng Thị Kim Liên
AwardsInternational Women of Courage Award (2013)

Tạ Phong Tần (born 15 September 1968 in Vĩnh Lợi District, Bạc Liêu Province) is a Vietnamese dissident blogger. A former policewoman and a member of the Communist Party of Vietnam, she was arrested in September 2011 on anti-state propaganda charges. On 30 July, her mother immolated herself in front of the government offices in Bạc Liêu Province in protest of the charges against her daughter. On 24 September 2012, Tạ Phong Tần was sentenced to ten years in prison. Her arrest was protested by groups including the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the US State Department, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch.

Released after about 3 of 10 years of sentenced arrest and has traveled to the US, where she arrived on Saturday 20 September 2015, as US Foreign Ministry and CPJ (Committee to Protect Journalists) said.

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