Sign In
Learn bits
Awards
Mahesh

06/05/23 06:28 AM IST

3 jailed Iranian women journalists win UN press freedom prizes

In News
  • UNESCO marked World Press Freedom Day by awarding its annual World Press Freedom Prize to three imprisoned Iranian female journalists.
  • The winners, Niloufar Hamedi, Elaheh Mohammadi, and Narges Mohammadi, were recognized for their work in reporting on human rights abuses in Iran and their commitment to truth and accountability.
About Winners
  • The winners are Niloufar Hamedi who broke the news that 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died last September while being held by the morality police for wearing her headscarf too loosely, and Elaheh Mohammadi who wrote about her funeral.
  • Amini’s death sparked months-long protests across Iran, leading to one of the most significant challenges to the Islamic Republic since the 2009 Green Movement.
  • The third winner, Narges Mohammadi, is a journalist and prominent human rights activist in Iran.
About UNESCO Prize
  • The UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization World Press Freedom Prize is named for Guillermo Cano, a Colombian journalism who was assassinated in front of the offices of his newspaper El Espectador in Bogota on Dec. 17, 1986.
  • Unesco has awarded the prize to coincide with World Press Freedom Day on May 3 since 1997.
  • UNESCO has a mandate to ensure freedom of expression and the safety of journalists around the world.
  • Globally, women journalists and media workers face increasing attacks, whether in real life or online, including stigmatization, sexist hate speech, trolling, physical assault, rape and even murder.
  • The agency advocates for their safety and collaborates with partners to identify and implement good practices and share recommendations aimed at countering these attacks.
Source- India Today

More Related Current Affairs View All

22 Jan

Maha Kumbh: A confluence of faith and culture

'Kumbh, derived from a Sanskrit word which means a pitcher, is rotationally held every three years at the four riverside cities of Prayagraj, Haridwar, Ujjain and Nasik' The A

Read More

22 Jan

TRAI combating spams

'The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) will be using distributed ledger technology (DLT) to register spam preferences from customers.' In order to fight the deluge of

Read More

22 Jan

Status of the Smart Cities Mission

'Almost a decade has passed since the Indian government announced the concept of “smart cities” as the new lighthouses of urbanisation.' The June 2015 announcement o

Read More

India’s First Ai-Driven Magazine Generator

Generate Your Custom Current Affairs Magazine using our AI in just 3 steps