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The Committee to Protect Journalists will honor the Brazilian, Indian, Nicaraguan and Tanzanian journalists of the 2019 International Press Freedom Awards, in the aftermath of the erosion of press freedom in democracies around the world. The journalists were victims of online harbadment, legal and physical threats and imprisonment as part of their research. CPJ will also honor Pakistan's editor-in-chief Dawn Zaffar Abbas newspaper with the Gwen Ifill prize for freedom of the press.
CPJ's 2019 recipients are:
Patrícia Campos Mello, reporter and columnist for the Brazilian daily newspaper Folha de S. Paulo. During the campaign for the Brazilian presidential election of 2018, Campos Mello was attacked online and criticized in response to his coverage of supporters of presidential candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, who allegedly sponsored the sending of mbad messages in WhatsApp.
Neha Dixit, independent investigative journalist in India who covers human rights. She has faced legal and physical threats, as well as online harbadment, after reporting allegedly illicit acts by right-wing nationalist groups and the police.
Lucía Pineda Ubau, director of information, and Miguel Mora, founder and editor-in-chief of the Nicaraguan broadcaster 100% Noticias. The couple was imprisoned in December 2018 for covering political unrest. They were released on June 11 after six months in detention, under surveillance and isolated most of the time.
Maxence Melo Mubyazi, champion of freedom of expression online in Tanzania, co-founder and general manager of Jamii Forums, online discussion site and source of last-minute information. Melo was charged under the country's restrictive CyberCrimes Act and, in 2017, he appeared in court 81 times.
"The winners of the CPJ International Press Freedom Awards 2019 are the best of journalism, people who have put their lives and their freedom at stake to bring us news." We celebrate their courage, but we deplore that it is necessary, "said Joel Simon, CPJ Executive Director. "The sad reality is that independent journalism around the world is being threatened by populist authoritarians who scorn and denigrate the work of the independent press, which is the case in the countries represented by our laureates and many others. . "
The CPR's Gwen Ifill Prize for Press Freedom in 2019, recognizing extraordinary and lasting achievements in the cause of press freedom, will be awarded to Zaffar Abbas, editor-in-chief of the Pakistani daily Dawn. Abbas, who has decades of experience as a reporter in Pakistan, has led Dawn since 2010. Under his direction, Dawn and his journalists have often been under pressure from the government.
"Zaffar Abbas embodies journalistic courage, which is why the board of directors is delighted to award him the Gwen Ifill Freedom Press Award," said Kathleen Carroll, chair of the board of directors. CPJ administration. "Every day, he fights to deliver facts to DawnReaders face pressures, obstacles and blockages from Pakistani institutions that would much rather perform their duties without being scrutinized by the press or the public. "
All winners will be honored at CPJ's annual awards and charity dinner. This year's dinner will be chaired by Laurene Powell Jobs and Peter Lattman from the Emerson Collective. The prize videos will be produced by VICE Media.
The event will take place at the Grand Hyatt New York in New York on November 21, 2019. For information on how to purchase tables, call Buckley Hall Events at (914) 579-1000 or CPJ Development Office at (212) 300. – 9021, or email [email protected]
Note to editors:
The winners of the CPJ International Press Freedom Award are available for interviews on request, prior to the awards dinner on November 21, 2019. Media accreditation for the awards dinner cover will begin on November 7, 2019.
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