Anna Politkovskaya Award
The Anna Politkovskaya Award (French: Prix Anna Politkovskaya) was established to remember and honor the journalist Anna Politkovskaya (1958-2006), murdered in Moscow at the age of 48 on 7 October 2006 in order to silence her courageous reporting about the second war in Chechnya.
The award is presented annually by Reach All Women in War (the RAW in WAR organisation) and honours women human rights defenders from around the world. The award recognizes "a woman human rights defender from a conflict zone in the world who, like Anna, stands up for the victims of this conflict, often at great personal risk".[1]
In 2016, to mark the tenth anniversary of the prize, an additional special award was made to someone from Russia who, like Anna Politkovskaya and the late Natalya Estemirova, has worked to build peace in conflict zones and help civilians trapped between opposing armed forces. It was decided to award the special prize to Valentina Cherevatenko[2] who, since 1990, has intervened in a succession of conflicts in the former Soviet Union, latterly through the Women of the Don NGO.[3]
This award should not be confused with the "Anna Politkovskaya Award for Journalism", which is annually awarded in Italy and not exclusive to women.[4]
Laureates
- 2007: Natalia Estemirova (1958–2009), Russia / Chechnya
- 2008: Malalai Joya (1978-), Afghanistan
- 2009: One Million Signatures Campaign for Equality, Iran
- 2010: Halima Bashir, Sudan / Darfur
- 2011: Razan Zaitouneh (1977-), Syria
- 2012: Marie Colvin (1956–2012), USA
- 2013: Malala Yousafzai (1997-), Pakistan
- 2014: Vian Dakhil (1971-), Iraq
- 2015: Kholoud Waleed (1984-), Syria
- 2016: Jineth Bedoya Lima (1974-), Colombia and special 10th-anniversary award for Valentina Cherevatenko (1956-), Russia
- 2017: Gulalai Ismail (1986-), Pakistani [5] and Gauri Lankesh (1962–2017), India [6]
- 2018: Binalakshmi Nepram, India [7]
Notes and references
- ↑ "Anna Politkovskaya Award". Reach All Women in War. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ↑ RAW in WAR website - Valentina Cherevatenko (Russia) 2016: Winner of the Special Anna Politkovskaya Award, 6 October 2016.
- ↑ See RAW in WAR website, News 12 March 2017.
- ↑ Anna’s War: telling the truth in the face of grave danger – BBC. 3 February 2014.
- ↑ Gulalai Ismail and Gauri Lankesh Posthumously Honoured With Anna Politkovskaya Award
- ↑ Gauri Lankesh Posthumously Honoured With Anna Politkovskaya Award
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