Golden Pen of Freedom Award
The Golden Pen of Freedom Award (German Golden pen of freedom ) is a price that year by the WAN-IFRA is issued, the World Newspaper Association.
List of award winners
- 1961: Ahmet Emin Yalman , Hur Vatan (Turkey)
- 1963: U Sein Win , The Guardian (Burma)
- 1964: Gabriel Makoso , Le Courrier d'Afrique (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- 1965: Esmond Wickremesing , Journaux associés de Ceylan (Sri Lanka)
- 1966: Jules Dubois , Chicago Tribune (United States)
- 1967: Mochtar Lubis , Indonesia Raya (Indonesia)
- 1968: Christos Lambrakis , To Vima (Greece)
- 1969: The fight for freedom of the Czechoslovak press (Czechoslovakia)
- 1970: Alberto Gainza Paz , La Prensa (Argentina)
- 1972: Hubert Beuve-Méry , Le Monde (France)
- 1973: Anton Betz , Rheinische Post (Germany)
- 1974: Julio de Mesquita Neto , O Estado de São Paulo (Brazil)
- 1975: Sang-Man Kim , (South Korea)
- 1976: Raul Régo , República A Luta (Portugal)
- 1977: Robert High Lilley , Belfast Telegraph (Northern Ireland)
- 1978: Donald Woods / Percy Qoboza , Daily Dispatch / The World (South Africa)
- 1979: Claude Bellanger , Le Parisien Libéré (France)
- 1980: Jacobo Timerman , La Opinión (Argentina)
- 1981: José Javier Uranga , Diario de Navarra (Spain)
- 1982: Joaquín Chamorro Barrios , La Prensa (Nicaragua)
- 1985: Joaquín Roces , The Manila Times (Philippines)
- 1986: Anthony Heard , The Cape Times (South Africa)
- 1987: Juan Pablo Cardenas , Análisis (Chile)
- 1988: Naji al-Ali (Palestine), posthumous award
- 1989: Sergei Grigoryants , Glasnost Defense Foundation (Soviet Union)
- 1990: Luis Gabriel Cano , El Espectador (Colombia)
- 1991: Gitobu Imanyara , The Nairobi Law Monthly (Kenya)
- 1992: Dai Qing , Guangming Daily (China)
- 1993: Pius Njawe , Le Messager (Cameroon)
- 1994: Omar Belhouchet , El Watan (Algeria)
- 1995: Gao Yu (independent journalist) (China)
- 1996: Yndamiro Restano Díaz , The Independent Press Bureau de Cuba (BPIC) (Cuba)
- 1997: Naša Borba (Serbia); Feral Tribune (Croatia), Oslobođenje (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
- 1998: Doan Viet Hoat , Dien Dan Tu Do (Vietnam)
- 1999: Faraj Sarkohi , Adineh (Iran)
- 2000: Nizar Nayouf (Syria)
- 2001: U Win Tin / San San Nweh (Myanmar)
- 2002: Geoffrey Nyarota , The Daily News (Zimbabwe)
- 2003: Belarusian Association of Journalists (received by Janna Litvina) (Belarus)
- 2004: Ruslan Sharipov (Uzbekistan)
- 2005: Mahjoub Mohamed Salih , Al-Ayam (Sudan)
- 2006: Akbar Ganji (Iran)
- 2007: Shi Tao , Dangdai Shang Bao (China)
- 2008: Li Changqing (China)
- 2009: Najam Sethi , Friday Times / Daily Times (Pakistan)
- 2010: Ahmad Zeidabadi (Iran)
- 2011: Dawit Isaak (Eritrea, Sweden)
- 2012: Anabel Hernández (Mexico)
- 2013: Dr Than Htut Aung (Myanmar)
- 2014: Eskinder Nega (Ethiopia)
- 2015: all journalists who died while working (worldwide)
- 2016: Dmitry Muratov (Russia)
- 2017: Can Dündar (Turkey)
- 2018: Maria Ressa (Philippines)
- 2019: Jamal Khashoggi , posthumous (Saudi Arabia)
Web links
- WAN-IFRA through the Golden Pen of Freedom