Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
The Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize is a prize awarded annually by UNESCO . The prize was created in 1997 and is intended to honor a person, organization or institution who has campaigned for freedom of the press in a special way, especially at risk .
The prize is endowed with 25,000 US dollars and is awarded on May 3, the day of freedom of the press . It is named after Guillermo Cano Isaza , editor of the El Espectador newspaper in Colombia , who was murdered in Bogotá on December 17, 1986. Cano was a vocal voice of criticism of the country's powerful drug lords .
The winner is determined by 14 members of an independent jury selected by the UNESCO Director General. UNESCO member states and non-governmental organizations working in the field of press freedom are eligible to make proposals .
In 2011, the Iranian journalist Ahmad Zeidabadi, arrested at the time of the award ceremony, was honored. As a former editor-in-chief of the Azad newspaper and as an employee of the Hamshahari newspaper in Tehran, he campaigned for civil liberties.
Award winners
- 1997: Gao Yu , China
- 1998: Christina Anyanwu , Nigeria
- 1999: Jesús Blancornelas , Mexico
- 2000: Nizar Nayyouf , Syria
- 2001: Win Tin , Myanmar
- 2002: Geoffrey Nyarota , Zimbabwe
- 2003: Amira Hass , Israel
- 2004: Raúl Rivero , Cuba
- 2005: Cheng Yizhong , China
- 2006: May Chidiac , Lebanon
- 2007: Anna Politkowskaja , Russia (posthumous)
- 2008: Lydia Cacho , Mexico
- 2009: Lasantha Wickrematunge , Sri Lanka (posthumous)
- 2010: Mónica González Mujica , Chile
- 2011: Ahmad Zeidabadi , Iran
- 2012: Eynulla Fatullayev , Azerbaijan
- 2013: Reeyot Alemu , Ethiopia
- 2014: Ahmet Şık , Turkey
- 2015: Mazen Darwish , Syria
- 2016: Xədicə İsmayılova , Azerbaijan
- 2017: Dawit Isaak , Sweden
- 2018: Mahmud Abu Zeid , Egypt
- 2019: Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone , Myanmar
- 2020: Jineth Bedoya Lima , Colombia
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.unesco.org/new/fr/communication-and-information/freedom-of-expression/press-freedom/unesco-world-press-freedom-prize/
- ↑ http://www.epo.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7207:ahmad-zeidabadi-erhaelt-unesco-preis&catid=55&Itemid=50 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
