Ta Phong Tan

Tạ Phong Tần (born September 15, 1968 in Vĩnh Lợi District, Bạc Liêu Province) is a Vietnamese blogger. She was a member of the Vietnamese Communist Party and an officer in the Vietnamese security forces. In 2013 she received an International Women of Courage Award.
In 2006, she started a blog “Truth and Justice.” She wrote about news and politics. In 2011, she went to prison. She was convicted of propaganda against the state. 
She was freed from prison on September 19, 2015. She went to live in the United States.