The CPJ International Press Freedom Awards honour journalists around the world who show courage in defending press freedom in the face of attacks, threats or imprisonment. Created in 1991, the awards are administered by the Committee to Protect Journalists. A journalist is a person who practices journalism. ... Freedom of the press (or press freedom) is the guarantee by a government of free public speech often through a state constitution for its citizens, and associations of individuals extended to members of news gathering organizations, and their published reporting. ... The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is an independent, nonprofit organization based in New York which is dedicated to promoting press freedom worldwide and defending the right of journalists to report the news without fear of reprisal. ...

Every November, awards are usually given to four individuals, who are feted at a banquet in New York City. One of the aims of the awards is to focus local and international media coverage on countries where press freedom violations are particularly serious. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

List of Award Recipients

2007

-Mazhar Abbas (Pakistan)

-Dmitry Muratov (Russia)

-Adela Navarro Bello (Mexico)

-Gao Qinrong (China)

2006

- Jesús Abad Colorado (Colombia)

- Jamal Amer (Yemen)

- Madi Ceesay (Gambia)

- Atwar Bahjat (Iraq) (posthumous)

2005 Atwar Bahjat reporting in Iraq Atwar Bahjat (1976 – 22 February 2006) was an Iraqi journalist and reporter for al-Arabiya television who was abducted and brutally murdered while covering a story. ...

- Galima Bukharbaeva (Uzbekistan)

- Beatrice Mtetwa (Zimbabwe)

- Lúcio Flávio Pinto (Brazil)

- Shi Tao (China)

2004 Shi Tao (born 25 July 1968) is a Chinese journalist who was imprisoned for releasing the text of internal Communist Party documents on the Internet. ...

- Svetlana Kalinkina (Belarus)

- Aung Pwint and Thaung Tun (Nyein Thit) (Burma)

- Alexis Sinduhije (Burundi)

- Paul Klebnikov (United States) (posthumous)

2003 Paul Klebnikov Paul Klebnikov (June 3, 1963 – July 9, 2004) was an American journalist of Russian descent. ...

- Abdul Samay Hamed (Afghanistan)

- Aboubakr Jamai (Morocco)

- Musa Muradov (Russia)

- Manuel Vázquez Portal (Cuba)

2002

- Ignacio Gómez (Colombia)

- Tipu Sultan (Bangladesh)

- Irina Petrushova (Kazakhstan)

- Fesshaye Yohannes (Eritrea)

2001 Portrait of Tippu Sultan, 1792 Tippu (Tips) Sultan (full name Sultan Fateh Ali Tippu), also known as the Tiger of Mysore (November 20, 1750, Devanahalli – May 4, 1799, Srirangapattana), was the first son of Haidar Ali by his second wife, Fatima or Fakhr-un-nissa. ...

- Jiang Weiping (China)

- Geoffrey Nyarota (Zimbabwe)

- Horacio Verbitsky (Argentina)

- Mazen Dana (Palestine)

2000 Jiang Weiping is a Chinese journalist and whistleblower, who was jailed in 2000 for violating the State Secrets Law on charges of subversion. ... Geoffrey Nyarota is a Zimbabwean journalist. ... Horacio Verbitksy is a prominent Argentine investigative journalist and author. ... Mazen Dana at work covering the news. ...

- Zeljko Kopanja (Bosnia-Herzegovina)

- Modeste Mutinga (Democratic Republic of Congo)

- Steven Gan (Malaysia)

- Mashallah Shamsolvaezin (Iran)

1999

- Jesús Joel Díaz Hernández (Cuba)

- Baton Haxhiu (Kosovo)

- Jugnu Mohsin and Najam Sethi (Pakistan)

- María Cristina Caballero (Colombia)

1998 Najam Sethi is a well-known Pakistani journalist, editor, and newsmedia personality. ...

- Grémah Boucar (Niger)

- Gustavo Gorriti (Peru)

- Goenawan Mohamad (Indonesia)

- Pavel Sheremet (Belarus)

- Ruth Simon (Eritrea)

1997 Gustavo Gorriti is a Latin American journalist who has worked extensively on coverage pertaining to the politics, culture, and social issues of Central and South America, and the Caribbean. ... Goenawan Mohamad is a famous Indonesian poet and man of letters. ...

- Christina Anyanwu (Nigeria)

- Ying Chan and Shieh Chung-liang (Hong Kong)

- Freedom Neruda (Côte d'Ivoire)

- Viktor Ivancic (Croatia)

- Yalena Masyuk (Russia)

1996 Christina Anyanwu (b. ...

- Yusuf Jameel (India)

- Jesús Blancornelas (Mexico)

- Daoud Kuttab (Palestinian National Authority)

- Oscak Isik Yurtçu, Özgür Gündem (Turkey)

1995 Jesús Blancornelas (1936 – 23 November 2006) was a Mexican journalist. ...

- Yevgeny Kiselyov (Russia)

- José Rubén Zamora Marroquín, Siglo Veintiuno (Guatemala)

- Fred M’membe (Zambia)

- Ahmad Taufik (Indonesia)

- Veronica Guerin (Ireland)

1994 Important Guatemalan newspaper. ... Veronica Guerin (July 5, 1958 - June 26, 1996) was an Irish journalist who was murdered in 1996 by Irish drug dealers. ...

- Iqbal Athas (Sri Lanka)

- Aziz Nesin (Turkey)

- Yndamiro Restano (Cuba)

- Daisy Li Yuet-Wah (Hong Kong)

- Navidi Vakhsh (Tajikistan) (Posthumous)

1993 Aziz Nesin (December 20, 1915—July 6, 1995) was a popular Turkish humorist and author of more than 100 books. ...

- Omar Belhouchet (Algeria)

- Doan Viet Hoat (Vietnam)

- Nosa Igiebor (Nigeria)

- Veran Matic (Serbia)

- Ricardo Uceda (Peru)

1992 Veran Matić (Serbian Cyrillic Веран Матић), born in 1962, is the Chief Executive Officer of B92. ...

- David Kaplan (United States)

- Muhammad Al-Saqr (Kuwait)

- Sony Esteus (Haiti)

- Gwendolyn Lister (Namibia)

- Thepchai Yong (Thailand)

1991 There are many people named David Kaplan. ...

- Pius Njawe (Cameroon)

- Wang Juntao[1] and Chen Ziming (China)

- Bill Foley and Cary Vaughan (United States)

- Tatyana Mitkova (former Soviet Union)

- Byron Barrera (Guatemala)

External links

• CPJ website