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International / Awards and other opportunities

Freedom House holds inaugural photo and art contest

Freedom House is holding a photo and art contest on the themes of freedom, political participation, human rights and repression. The deadline for submissions is 10 May 2012.

International / Awards and other opportunities

Kurt Schork Awards now accepting submissions

The Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism celebrate freelance journalists and local reporters who show great courage in reporting on controversial issues. The deadline for entries is 31 May 2012.

International / Awards and other opportunities

Nominations now open for Freedom to Publish Prize

The International Publishers Association (IPA) is calling for nominations for its annual Freedom to Publish Prize, which honours a person, organisation or institution that has shown courage in upholding freedom of expression and defending the freedom to publish. Nominations are due on 4 May 2012.

Europe and Central Asia / Awards and other opportunities

South East and Central Europeans invited to submit best human rights photo

The South and East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) is calling for submissions for its 2012 Human Rights Photo Award - a part of the BETA news agency's Photograph of the Year competition. All professional photojournalists in South East and Central Europe are eligible to participate. The closing date is 22 April 2012.

International / Awards and other opportunities

Nominations wanted for Hrant Dink Award

The Hrant Dink Award is presented annually by a foundation in his name to individuals or groups that work for a world free from discrimination, racism and violence, and who take personal risks to achieve those goals. The deadline for nominations is 15 April.

International / Awards and other opportunities

Data Journalism Awards open for entries

Think you can get your message across in an age of information overload? Consider applying for the Data Journalism Awards, the first international contest recognising outstanding work and editorial excellence in the field of data journalism worldwide. The deadline for submissions is 10 April 2012.

International / Awards and other opportunities

Nominate the blog that best defends free expression

The world's largest international blog competition is now open for entries! Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in conjunction with German media group Deutsche Welle wants you to name the blog from anywhere in the world that best defends free expression, as part of the Best of the Blogs Awards (the BOBs).

International / Awards and other opportunities

Nominate a cartoonist for Courage in Editorial Cartooning award

Cartoonists Rights Network International (CRNI) is seeking nominations for its 2012 Award for Courage in Editorial Cartooning, which recognises cartoonists around the world whose art puts them in danger or who have shown extraordinary courage in exercising their right to free expression. The deadline for nominations is 29 February 2012.

International / Awards and other opportunities

Have your say: What should the global standards for free expression be?

The Internet and mobile phones have opened up endless possibilities for free expression. But how best should we use this freedom? What limits should there be and what should be regulated by law? And who should decide? Oxford University has launched a multilingual platform, Free Speech Debate, to debate global norms for free expression - and wants you to join the conversation.

International / Awards and other opportunities

Nominate a woman for Courage in Journalism Awards

The International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) is seeking nominations for its 2012 Courage in Journalism Awards, which honour women reporters around the world whose work puts them in danger. The deadline for nominations is 2 March 2012.

International / Awards and other opportunities

Nominate an organisation for IPI's Free Media Pioneer Award

Which organisation do you think improved press freedom in its country or region this year? Nominate it for the International Press Institute (IPI) Free Media Pioneer Award - before 10 February 2012.

International / Awards and other opportunities

Index calls for nominations for 2012 Freedom of Expression Awards

"We bring the biggest stories in free expression. Now it's your turn to tell us who stands out." So says Index on Censorship, which is calling for nominations for its annual Freedom of Expression Awards. Hurry! The deadline for submissions is 25 January 2012.

International / Awards and other opportunities

Human Rights First calls for nominations for international human rights advocacy award

Nominate an individual or organisation for Human Rights First's 2012 Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty Award, which recognises a commitment to international human rights advocacy in one or more of the following areas: social networking and Internet freedom; religious freedom; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) rights; and freedom from torture. Nominations are due by 6 February 2012.

International / Awards and other opportunities

Front Line seeking nominations for human rights defenders award

Front Line is seeking nominations for the 2012 Front Line Defenders Award, which honours the work of human rights defenders at risk. The deadline for nominations is 30 January 2012.

Americas / Awards and other opportunities

IAPA seeks nominations of human rights journalists and press freedom advocates

The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) is calling on news agencies and journalists to send in articles and video and audio clips that portray excellence in human rights reporting, among 11 other categories.

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International / Awards

34 Multimedia Magazine from Belarus to receive IPI's 2012 Free Media Pioneer Award

Founded and published by Belarusian journalist Iryna Vidanava, the magazine is a revived multimedia version of Studentskaya Dumka, a banned, Belarusian-language youth magazine.

International / Awards

CRNI announces winners of 2012 Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award

The winners are Ali Ferzat from Syria and Aseem Trivedi from India.

Awards / Zimbabwe

Publisher Trevor Ncube wins inaugural MISA-Zimbabwe Press Freedom Award

The AMH publisher was presented the award for continuing to provide platforms and access to critical alternative views and ideas on Zimbabwe's socio-economic and political issues.

International / Awards

Bangladeshi and Tibetan bloggers win Best of Blog "RSF category" awards

Bangladeshi journalist Abu Sufian's blog is the jury choice in the "RSF category" of this year's BOBs.

Ethiopia / Awards / International

PEN awards top prize to jailed journalist Eskinder Nega

Nega, who was arrested in September 2011, is being tried under the country's sweeping anti-terror legislation and faces the death penalty if convicted.

International / Awards / Syria

Syrian citizen journalists and activists awarded Google-sponsored RSF Netizen Prize

Nominees came from around the globe at the ceremony, from Russia to Syria to Brazil, China and beyond, a geographic diversity that reflects the growing impact of the Net.

Awards / International

Golden Pen of Freedom awarded to Anabel Hernández

The Mexican journalist and writer said she was driven to focus on investigative journalism after the kidnapping and murder of her father in December 2000. Police investigators told the family that they were only willing to investigate the crime if the family paid them.

International / Awards

Oxfam Novib/PEN Awards celebrate writers against the odds

Iranian journalist, blogger and activist Asieh Amini was one of six writers who received the awards in a ceremony in The Hague as part of the Writers Unlimited Winter Nights Festival.

International / Awards

RSF-Le Monde Press Freedom Prize awarded to Syrian cartoonist, Burmese weekly

Ali Ferzat was chosen as 2011 Journalist of the Year for his commitment to defending media freedom, while "Weekly Eleven News" was honoured with the Media of the Year prize for daring to run stories on subjects regarded as sensitive by Burmese authorities.

International / Awards

ANHRI, along with Tunisian lawyer and Syrian activist, receives human dignity award

ANHRI, Tunisian lawyer Radhia Nasraoui and Syrian activist Mazen Darwish were honoured for their stand against dictatorships and their support for the revolutions of the Arab Spring.

International / Awards

Veton Surroi wins 2011 SEEMO Human Rights Award

After the fall of communism, Veton Surroi founded the Koha Media Group and as a journalist he defended Kosovo Albanians against the policies of former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic.

Americas / Awards

IAPA awards 2012 Chapultepec Grand Prize to Enrique Krauze

The prominent historian, essayist and editor has been a strong defender of freedom of expression and participated in the conference that gave rise to the Declaration of Chapultepec.

International / Awards

Stephen Ferry wins first Tim Hetherington grant

Stephen Ferry's project, "Violentology: A Manual of the Colombian Conflict," focuses on the history and current dynamics of the conflict in Colombia, exposing the roles of all parties involved and the impact of the violence on civilians.

International / Awards

Four women journalists recognised by IWMF for their courage

Four inspiring women journalists from around the world are being honoured this week in New York and Los Angeles by the International Women's Media Foundation. The winners of this year's Courage in Journalism Awards are Adela Navarro Bello, the editor of "Zeta" newspaper in Mexico, Parisa Hafezi, the Reuters bureau chief in Iran and Chiranuch Premchaiporn, a web editor of Thai news website "Prachatai".

International / Awards

IAPA director Ricardo Trotti wins Fight for Freedom of Expression Award

Inter American Press Association (IAPA) press freedom director and journalist Ricardo Trotti has been awarded the Fight for Freedom of Expression Award, which was jointly given by nine press freedom organisations. The award ceremony coincided with IAPA's annual general assembly from 14 to 18 October, which brought together approximately 500 journalists and press freedom advocates in Lima, Peru.

International / Awards

Yemeni press freedom activist Tawakel Karman wins Nobel Peace Prize

Karman, along with Liberian president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and activist Leymah Gbowee, were recognised for their struggle "for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work."

International / Awards

Journalists from Bahrain, Belarus, Mexico and Pakistan to be honoured with CPJ's International Press Freedom Awards

Mansoor al-Jamri, Natalya Radina, Javier Arturo Valdez Cárdenas and Umar Cheema have faced recrimination for their work, including harassment, assault, kidnapping, torture and censorship.

Africa / Awards / Liberia / Nigeria

IFEX members hounoured with pan-African award for freedom of information campaigns

IFEX congratulates Edetaen Ojo and Malcolm Joseph, the leaders of IFEX member groups in Nigeria and Liberia, for winning Africa's first awards for activism on access to information. The awards were handed out at the inaugural Pan African Conference on Access to Information, held in Cape Town, South Africa, this week, which was attended by numerous IFEX members involved in campaigning on the issue.

Awards / International

Human Rights Watch honours writers for commitment to free expression

Forty-eight writers from 24 countries have received 2011 Hellman/Hammett grants for their commitment to free expression and their courage in the face of persecution.

Cambodia / Awards

Country's first human rights portal wins innovation award

The award was granted to the Sithi portal in recognition of the role it has played in advocating for social change and promoting the civil and political rights of Cambodian citizens, using ICTs in innovative ways.

Awards / International

Honduran journalist Karla Rivas named 2011 winner of Peter Mackler Award

According to the project director for the award, "Ms. Rivas has shown enormous courage and integrity by asserting the right of the people of Honduras to receive fair, accurate news."

Bahrain / Awards

Bahraini rights activist Nabeel Rajab honoured with Ion Ratiu Democracy Award

As president of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) and one of the country's leading rights activists, Nabeel Rajab has been closely monitored by the government, barred from leaving the country, beaten and harassed. His family home has been attacked with tear gas and armed invasions. One night, while he slept, dozens of masked gunmen stormed his house and abducted him, then drove him around in a vehicle all night and assaulted him - before returning him home. The Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington is honouring Rajab with this year's Ion Ratiu Democracy Award (IRDA) to give international recognition to his courageous fight for democracy in Bahrain.

Awards / Malaysia

Cartoonist Zunar receives award for courage

Malaysian cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Ul Haque (Zunar) has fiercely resisted state censorship, deployed creative strategies to keep his cartoons alive for the Malaysian public, and courageously fought all the institutions of state power that have worked against him. Cartoonists Rights Network International (CRNI) presented its annual Award for Courage in Editorial Cartooning to Zunar on 7 July at a ceremony in St. Petersburg, U.S.

Awards / International

Human Rights Watch honours seven activists

Rights advocates from Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Russia, Tunisia and Zimbabwe will be awarded the 2011 Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism.

International / Awards

Tunisia's Radio Kalima wins IPI Free Media Pioneer Award 2011

Radio Kalima was founded by journalists Naziha Razjib and Sihem Bensedrine in 2000 and quickly became a target for repeated harassment by the authorities.

International / Awards

Turkish journalist Zeynep Oral named recipient of first "IPI Press Freedom Dialogue Award"

"There could be no more deserving or fitting recipient of this award, which we intend to present annually to a journalist, or journalists, who through their devotion to press freedom and their profession have helped advance dialogue between nations and/or peoples," IPI said.

International / Awards

Ugandan LGBT advocate to receive Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders

Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera has had the courage to appear on national television and radio stations and has issued news statements on behalf of the gay community, Human Rights Watch said.

Palestine / Awards

MADA announces free expression award recipients

During a ceremony marking Word Press Freedom Day, MADA's chairman highlighted the major violations committed against journalists in 2010.

International / Awards

2011 IPA Freedom to Publish Prize awarded to Vietnamese publisher Bui Chat

Bui Chat heads the Giay Vun Publishing House, which is devoted to printing and publishing of the works of Vietnam's "pavement poets" beyond the reach of censorship authorities.

International / Awards

Top PEN prize to honor Nasrin Sotoudeh, jailed Iranian lawyer, writer, and women's rights advocate

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi will represent her imprisoned colleague at the award ceremony.

Middle East and North Africa / Awards

Moroccan journalist presented WAN-IFRA Gebran Tueni prize

Aboubakr Jamaï, co-founder and former managing director of the weekly newspaper "Le Journal Hebdomadaire", was awarded the prize in a Beirut ceremony.

Iran / Awards

Jailed Iranian journalist wins World Press Freedom Prize

In 2009, well-known Iranian journalist Ahmad Zeidabadi was one of dozens of journalists arrested following the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and charged with plotting to overthrow the government with a "soft revolution". He was sentenced to six years in jail, five years of exile and a lifetime ban from practising journalism. In 2011, he has been awarded the UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.

Awards / International

TuniLeaks and Ibrahim Eissa among Index on Censorship award winners

Egypt's most famous independent editor and a website that posted a selection of the WikiLeaks diplomatic cables exposing corruption in Tunisia are among this year's winners of Index on Censorship's 2010 Freedom of Expression Awards. The awards pay tribute to people and organisations around the world that have made outstanding contributions to free expression - often at great personal risk.

Awards / Lebanon / Morocco

Moroccan journalist wins WAN-IFRA's 2010 Gebran Tueni prize

It has been five years since the assassination of Lebanese editor Gebran Tueni, killed by a car bomb on his way to work. In honour of Tueni's courage and commitment to freedom of the press, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) continues to give out a prize in his name to an editor or publisher from the Arab region. This year's recipient is Aboubakr Jamaï, the co-founder and former managing director of the weekly newspaper "Le Journal Hebdomadaire".

Awards / International

RSF Press Freedom Prize goes to Iranian journalist and Somali radio station

RSF has awarded its 2010 prize to jailed Iranian journalist Abdolreza Tajik and the embattled Somali station Radio Shabelle.

Awards / Europe and Central Asia

Political cartoonist wins SEEMO Human Rights Award 2010

Christo Komarnitski is a political cartoonist for the Bulgarian daily "Sega" and weeklies "Sofia echo" and "Starshel".

Awards / International

WAZ-IFJ Prize for Courage in Journalism goes to team of Hungarian authors

The prize rewards reporting that reveals corruption and/or abuse of power, thereby demonstrating exemplary courage and professionalism in the face of intimidation and pressure.

Awards

PEN USA awards Freedom to Write Award to Ethiopian publisher

Sisay Agena, the Ethiopian publisher and press freedom advocate who has been jailed at least six times for "speaking the truth against the ruling elite," has been awarded the 2010 Freedom to Write Award by PEN USA.

Awards / Canada

Canadian Internet pioneer Citizen Lab wins CJFE award

The Citizen Lab, the Toronto-based centre that unearthed one of the largest Internet spying networks, is to be honoured by Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE). The lab has won CJFE's 2010 Vox Libera Award, granted annually to a Canadian individual or organisation dedicated to free expression. This year CJFE will also recognise five journalists from Mexico and Cameroon for their fearless reporting.

International / Awards

Anti-corruption prize awarded to Sri Lankan journalist

Journalist and press freedom activist Poddala Jayantha, who was forced into exile after a brutal attack in June 2009, received Transparency International's Integrity Award.

International / Awards / Eritrea

Detained Eritrean journalist is 2011 Golden Pen of Freedom Laureate

Dawit Isaak, a founder of Eritrea's first independent newspaper who has been detained incommunicado for the past nine years without charge or trial, has won the 2011 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual prize of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). He turned 46 on 27 October. Sign a petition for his release.

International / Awards / Cuba

Cuban dissident wins European Parliament's Sakharov Prize

The European Parliament has awarded its Sakharov human rights prize to Guillermo Fariñas Hernandez, the Cuban dissident whose four-month hunger strike ultimately led to the release of numerous political prisoners in Cuba, report Freedom House, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Human Rights Watch.

International / Awards

Cuban dissident wins human rights prize

Human Rights Watch urges Cuba to unconditionally release all political prisoners and dismantle its repressive laws.

International / Awards / Chechnya (Russia) / Turkey

Russian magazine editor wins IPA's Freedom to Publish Prize

A Russian editor who has valiantly addressed the conflicts in the Caucasus - despite a recent kidnapping attempt - is this year's winner of the International Publisher Association (IPA) Freedom to Publish Prize. Israpil Shovkhalov, editor-in-chief of the quarterly magazine "Dosh", won the 2010 prize for his "exemplary courage in upholding freedom to publish." A special award will also go to Turkish publisher Irfan Sanci.

International / Awards

2010 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders awarded to Syrian lawyer

Muhannad Al-Hassani's human rights work is being internationally recognised, but he remains imprisoned despite numerous calls for his release.

China / Awards / International

Government blocks news of Nobel Peace Prize winner

The Chinese authorities are scrambling to block broadcasts of the news that this year's Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the country's most famous dissident, Liu Xiaobo, report Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

International / Awards / Iran

Jailed Iranian journalist receives WAN-IFRA Golden Pen of Freedom

Ahmad Zeid-Abadi, an Iranian journalist who was thrown in jail following Iran's disputed presidential election last year, has been awarded the 2010 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom prize of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).

International / Awards

2010 IPA Freedom to Publish Prize awarded to editor-in-chief of Chechen magazine

A special IPA award will also be given to Turkish publisher Irfan Sanci.

International / Awards

Liu Xiaobo, imprisoned Chinese writer, wins Nobel Peace Prize

Liu Xiaobo is a literary critic, writer and political activist who is serving an 11-year sentence in a Chinese prison.

International / Awards

CPJ to honour brave international journalists

Writers and editors from Ethiopia, Russia, Venezuela, and Iran will receive CPJ's International Press Freedom Awards.

Awards / International

Human Rights Watch honours six activists

The award winners have faced threats of violence or imprisonment, but continue to speak out and work to create a world free of violence, discrimination and oppression.

International / Awards

CJFE honours Mexican and Cameroonian journalists with 2010 International Press Freedom Awards

Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) is honouring five international journalists from Mexico and Cameroon with its 2010 International Press Freedom Awards. The awards will be given at this year's 25 November gala, A Night to Honour Fearless Reporting.

Awards / International

IPI honours Radio Okapi with 2010 Free Media Pioneer award

Radio Okapi is a "shining example not only for media in other conflict or post-conflict areas, but for radio stations around the world," says IPI.

Awards / International

CJFE announces 2010 International Press Freedom Award honourees

CJFE is proud to honour journalists Emilio Gutierrez Soto, Luis Horacio Nájera, Serge Sabouang, Robert Mintya and the late Bibi Ngota.

Awards / International

Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez named IPI's 60th and final World Press Freedom Hero

"Sanchez's tremendously important work provides a glimpse into what is otherwise a closed world," said IPI Interim Director Alison Bethel McKenzie.

International / Awards

Human Rights Watch announces 42 Hellman/Hammett grantees

A Burmese political cartoonist, a Rwandan journalist beaten with iron bars for his critical writing and a Vietnamese blogger who continues to live under tight state surveillance are just three of the 42 writers and journalists from 20 countries receiving this year's Hellman/Hammett grants. Administered by Human Rights Watch, the grants are given annually to writers around the world who have been targets of political persecution.

Awards / Turkey

BIANET honoured with press freedom prize

The Journalists Association of Turkey (TGC) has honoured IPS Communication Foundation (BIANET) with a Prize for Press Freedom for "its work in the field of alternative and rights-based journalism and for its efforts in the fields of developing democracy, the right to be informed and establishing greater awareness among the public." BIANET used the opportunity to emphasise that the number of Turkish people facing sanctions under the Anti-Terror Law is rising every day, adding that 45 journalists are currently detained under allegations of having committed crimes on behalf of an illegal organisation in the scope of their journalistic work.

Awards / International

Iranian journalist Akbar Ganji named 59th IPI Press Freedom Hero

Ganji's courage in face of intimidation is an "inspiration" to all, said IPI.

Awards / International

Hellman/Hammett grants honour 42 writers for courage in facing political persecution

The Hellman/Hammett grants aim to help writers who dare to express ideas that criticise official public policy or people in power.

Turkey / Awards

BIANET awarded national press freedom prize

BIANET Freedom of Expression editor Erol Onderoglu accepted the award, but warned that press freedom violations in Turkey continue unabated.

Awards / Americas

Guillermo Zuloaga awarded IAPA Grand Prize for Press Freedom

The IAPA announced the winners of its annual awards encouraging excellence in journalism and the defense of freedom of expression.

Awards / Europe and Central Asia

Romanian journalist Adrian Mogos wins Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism 2010

The personal risks taken while performing the duty, the quality of reporting as well as the impact on society of the messages conveyed were the main criteria taken into account by the jury.

International / Awards

Gambian editor Pap Saine named IPI World Press Freedom Hero

Saine called the award "motivation and inspiration" for Gambian journalists.

International / Awards

IPI names Turkey's Nedim Sener World Press Freedom Hero

The IPI Turkish National Committee called Sener "brave" and a "hero" and gave high praise to his investigations and writings during the nominations process.

International / Awards / Syria

Syrian activist and lawyer wins 2010 Martin Ennals Award

Muhannad Al-Hassani, a Syrian lawyer who has challenged the oppressive legal framework imposed by the Syrian government, has been honoured with this year's Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders. He is currently in prison in poor health.

Awards / International

Detained Syrian lawyer receives Martin Ennals Award

Muhanad al-Hasani is being honoured for monitoring the State Security Court and defending political activists.

Awards / International

Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho named IPI Press Freedom Hero

Lydia Cacho will be honoured at World Press Freedom Hero Ceremony during the IPI World Congress in September 2010.

Awards / International

Iranian journalist Jila Bani Yaghoob wins "Freedom of expression" award sponsored by RSF

Jila Bani Yaghoob was awarded the prize for her blog "We are journalists" at the sixth international "Best of the Blogs" event held in Berlin from 13 to 15 April.

Awards / International

Imprisoned Burmese blogger Nay Phone Latt to receive top PEN honor

The blogger is the recipient of the 2010 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award, which will be presented at PEN's Annual Gala on 27 April 2010.

Awards / Lebanon

Lebanese journalist May Chidiac named 54th IPI Press Freedom Hero

Chidiac, who is known for her criticism of Syria's political sway over Lebanon, nearly lost her life in an assassination attempt in 2005.

International / Awards

Index on Censorship presents Freedom of Expression Awards

The 10th annual Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards honours those who have taken great risks to tell stories that would otherwise remain in the shadows. Winners were feted at an event in London last week.

Awards / Egypt

Bibliotheca Alexandrina grants human rights award to CIHRS

CIHRS is also convening seminars in Paris and Geneva to discuss the state of human rights in the Arab world.

Awards / International

Imprisoned Iranian journalist awarded Golden Pen of Freedom

The award was given to Ahmad Zeid-Abadi, an Iranian journalist and political analyst who was imprisoned following Iran's disputed presidential election in June 2009.

Awards / International

Freedom House congratulates Memorial on human rights award

Freedom House congratulates Oleg Orlov, Lyudmila Alexeyeva and Sergei Kovalev of the human rights group Memorial on winning the 2009 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.

Middle East and North Africa / Awards

WAN-IFRA honours Iraqi Kurdistan editor with Tueni Award

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) is honouring Asos Hardi, the editor and founder of the "Awene" newspaper in Iraqi Kurdistan with the 2009 Gebran Tueni Award.

Awards / International

NUSOJ receives French Republic's human rights prize

NUSOJ was declared the winner of the "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" human rights prize in recognition of its courageous defense of press freedom.

Awards / International

Iraqi journalist wins Gebran Tueni Award

Asos Hardi has been awarded the 2009 Gebran Tueni Award, the annual WAN-IFRA prize that honours an editor or publisher from the Arab region.

Awards / Philippines

SEAPA executive director receives award for free expression work

SEAPA's Roby Alampay accepted the award while in Manila as part of a mission looking into the massacre that resulted in the deaths of 30 journalists.

Russia / Awards

WPFC award honours President of Glasnost Defense Foundation

The World Press Freedom Committee (WPFC) honoured Alexei Simonov, President of the Glasnost Defense Foundation (GDF), with its 2009 Dana Bullen Press Freedom Advocacy Award on 4 December.

Awards / International

Glasnost Defense Foundation president awarded second annual Dana Bullen Press Freedom Advocacy Prize

Alexei K. Simonov has headed the foundation since its creation in 1991 as Russia's first independent press freedom defence organisation.

Awards / International

RSF-FNAC press freedom prize awarded to Israeli reporter and Chechen magazine

The prize goes to a journalist and news media outlet that have made an exceptional contribution to the defence or promotion of press freedom.

Awards / International / Pakistan

Pakistani editor receives WAN-IFRA Golden Pen of Freedom

Najam Sethi, the former editor-in-chief of the "Daily Times", was honoured for his defence and promotion of press freedom under difficult circumstances and constant personal danger.

International / Awards

Imprisoned and in hiding: Burmese cameramen honoured by Rory Peck Trust Award

This year's Rory Peck Award for features was given to two Burmese cameramen on 19 November for a film about the lives of orphaned child survivors of Cyclone Nargis: "Orphans of Burma's Cyclone". To tell this story, "T" and "Z" risked an instant 30-year sentence if caught.

Awards / India

IPI announces recipients of annual award

"These are the kind of stories that help shore up public sentiment in support of free speech," said the IPI India National Committee chairperson.

Awards / Palestine

Norwegian PEN to honour Palestinian journalist on Day of the Imprisoned Writer

Norwegian PEN's Ossietzky-prize for "outstanding achievements within the field of free expression" will be awarded to Palestinian journalist Mohammed Omer during the commemoration of the Day of the Imprisoned Writer.

North Korea / Awards

North Korean journalist wins human rights award

The Taiwan Foundation for Democracy is honouring exiled North Korean journalist Kim Seong-Min with its 2009 Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award. Seong-Min is the founder and director of Free North Korea Radio and is being recognised for his "courageous defiance" of the North Korean regime.

Awards / Iran

Four journalists receive Hellman/Hammett grants

Four Iranians are among 37 writers receiving the Hellman/Hammett award, recognising their commitment to free expression and courage in the face of persecution.

Bulgaria / Awards

Bulgarian journalist given new WAZ-IFJ award for her courage

The WAZ Media Group and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is honouring Bulgarian journalist Lidiya Pavlova with the "WAZ-IFJ Prize for Courage in Journalism". The award emphasises the role of independent media in "scrutinising" abuses of power.

Awards / Bulgaria

Courage in journalism prize awarded to Bulgarian journalist

Lidiya Pavlova will receive the award, which is being presented for the first time, for her courageous reporting on violence and corruption.

Awards / Canada

CJFE honours Paul Pritchard with the first CJFE Citizen Journalism Award

The award was presented to the man who shot the video that changed how tasers are used by police departments in Canada.

Awards

CJFE honours two journalists and Russian news outlet with 12th annual Press Freedom Awards

Reporter Jila Baniyaghoub of Iran, the Russian news outlet "Novaya Gazeta" and Canadian writer Terry Gould will be recognised by CJFE.

International / Awards

CPJ to honour five international journalists

CPJ will honor courageous journalists from Somalia, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, and Azerbaijan with its 2009 International Press Freedom Awards.

Awards

West African journalists invited to apply for Norbert Zongo prize

Journalists from West Africa are invited to apply for the Norbert Zongo investigative journalism prize, created in memory of the journalist and press freedom advocate from Burkina Faso assassinated in December 1998. The deadline for entries is 30 September 2009.

Awards

Knight fellowship programme seeks applicants

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is now taking applications for its Knight International Journalism Fellowships programme, which recognises outstanding journalists who have demonstrated leadership qualities with at least 10 years experience in the profession. Successful fellows will be placed in Indonesia, Malaysia, Malawi, Senegal and Mozambique for a minimum of one year. In Indonesia, the fellow is expected to launch a digital media association and create a code of ethics for online journalists while in Malaysia, the fellow will integrate a citizen journalism network into a digital newsroom.

Mexico / Awards

Mexican cartoonist receives CRNI Award for Courage in Editorial Cartooning

Mario Robles has been a recognised and respected political cartoonist for over 30 years.

Awards

Apply now for the Freedom to Create Prize

Philanthropic organisation ArtAction is seeking to "find light in darkness and courage in truth" with the 2009 Freedom to Create Prize, which honours artists around the world who promote human rights and free expression and are denied their "freedom to create." The deadline for entries is 14 August 2009.

Awards / Palestine

MADA, one of IFEX's newest members, wins PEC award

On 4 June, the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) and the Mexican Ambassador to the UN, Luis Alfonso De Alba, were jointly honoured in Geneva with the first Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) Award for the Protection of Journalists.

Awards

Lorenzo Natali Journalism Prize

The European Commission is calling on journalists committed to reporting human rights, democracy and development issues to apply to the 2009 Lorenzo Natali Prize. A total of 60,000 EUR will be distributed among 17 winners at a ceremony at the European Commission in Sweden.

Awards

2009 Bastiat Prize competition

Journalists from around the world are invited to apply for the 2008 Frédéric Bastiat Prize, which honours articles that explain the principles and institutions of a free society with eloquence and wit. The deadline for entries is 30 June 2009.

International

Scholar Rescue Fund fellowships

The Institute of International Education's Scholar Rescue Fund is now accepting applications and nominations for its fellowships for threatened academics. Professors, researchers and lecturers from any country or field whose lives and work are in danger in their home country may apply. The deadline is 15 June 2009.

Awards / Tunisia

IPA awards 2009 Freedom to Publish Prize to OLPEC founders

Three of Tunisia's most recognised - and victimised - free expression defenders have been awarded this year's International Publishers Association (IPA) Freedom to Publish Prize.

Awards / China

Jailed Chinese writer receives top PEN honour

A Chinese writer who has been in jail since December for authoring a petition for human rights has been awarded this year's PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award.

Awards

Index on Censorship honours free expression champions

Software that helps get around censorship and a Malaysian human rights lawyer who faced numerous death threats are among the winners of Index on Censorship's 2008 Freedom of Expression Awards, which pay tribute to people and organisations around the world that have made outstanding contributions to free expression.

Awards / Awards and other opportunities

SEEMO calls for entries for human rights photo award

International

FOLK LEGEND PETE SEEGER WINS FREEMUSE AWARD

Pete Seeger is an American singer, songwriter, activist, environmentalist and peace advocate, and now also the winner of Freemuse's 2009 award for his commitment to musicians' freedom of expression.