18 February 2003
RUSSIAN JOURNALIST WINS OSCE JOURNALISM PRIZE
Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya has been awarded the 2003 OSCE Prize for Journalism and Democracy in recognition of her courageous and professional reporting on human rights abuses in Chechnya, reports IJNet (
www.ijnet.org).
The US$20,000 prize is awarded annually by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) to a journalist whose articles promote OSCE principles on human rights, democracy and freedom of expression.
Politkovskaya, a reporter for the Moscow-based newspaper "Novaya Gazeta," has received death threats for her investigative reports on atrocities committed by Russian troops in Chechnya. In February 2001 she was detained for three days by Russian soldiers in the village of Khatuni where she said they threatened to rape and kill her, and harm her children, notes the International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF). In 2002, she was awarded IWMF's Courage in Journalism prize.
During last October's hostage crisis in Moscow in which 118 civilians eventually died, Politkovskaya was asked by Chechen rebels to help in negotiations.
Her account of the event is available here:
http://media.guardian.co.uk
Visit these links:
- OSCE Prize for Journalism and Democracy:
www.osce.org
- IWMF:
www.iwmf.org
- Committee to Protect Journalists Interviews Politkovskaya:
www.cpj.org
- Articles by Politkovskaya:
www.tjetjenien.dk
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