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'''International Press Institute World Press Freedom Heroes''' are individuals who have been recognized by the [[Vienna]]-based [[International Press Institute]] for "significant contributions to the maintenance of press freedom and freedom of expression" and "indomitable courage".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.freemedia.at/awards/choosing-heroes-is-a-difficult-task.html |title=Choosing Heroes is a Difficult Task |author=Robert Louw |date=2000 |work=IPI Report, No. 2 |publisher=[[International Press Institute]] |accessdate=26 January 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104180806/http://www.freemedia.at/awards/choosing-heroes-is-a-difficult-task.html |archivedate=4 January 2012 |df= }}</ref> The first 50 "heroes" were selected on the occasion of the organization's 50th anniversary in 2000, and awarded at its World Congress in [[Boston]].<ref name=IPI>{{cite web|url=http://www.freemedia.at/awards/world-press-freedom-heroes.html |title=World Press Freedom Heroes |author= |date=2000 |work= |publisher=[[International Press Institute]] |accessdate=26 January 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6ABWu7qm0?url=http://www.freemedia.at/awards/world-press-freedom-heroes.html |archivedate=25 August 2012 |df= }}</ref> Since that date, 17 additional heroes have been added to the list, several of them posthumously.<ref name=IPI />
'''International Press Institute World Press Freedom Heroes''' are individuals who have been recognized by the [[Vienna]]-based [[International Press Institute]] for "significant contributions to the maintenance of press freedom and freedom of expression" and "indomitable courage".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.freemedia.at/awards/choosing-heroes-is-a-difficult-task.html |title=Choosing Heroes is a Difficult Task |author=Robert Louw |date=2000 |work=IPI Report, No. 2 |publisher=[[International Press Institute]] |access-date=26 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104180806/http://www.freemedia.at/awards/choosing-heroes-is-a-difficult-task.html |archive-date=4 January 2012 }}</ref> The first 50 "heroes" were selected on the occasion of the organization's 50th anniversary in 2000, and awarded at its World Congress in [[Boston]].<ref name=IPI>{{cite web|url=http://www.freemedia.at/awards/world-press-freedom-heroes.html |title=World Press Freedom Heroes |date=2000 |publisher=[[International Press Institute]] |access-date=26 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102195257/http://www.freemedia.at/awards/world-press-freedom-heroes.html |archive-date=2 November 2012 }}</ref> As of 2021, 22 additional heroes have been added to the list, several of them posthumously.<ref name="Daily Star" />


==Recipients==
==Recipients==
{|class="wikitable sortable" width=100%|
{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Year !! Honorees !! Country
! Year !! Honorees !! Country
|-
|-
|rowspan="50"| 2000
|rowspan="50"| 2000
| [[Aslam Ali]]
| [[Aslam Ali]]
| [[Pakistan]]
| {{PAK}}
|-
|-
| [[Rudolf Augstein]]
| [[Rudolf Augstein]]
| [[Germany]]
| {{GER}}
|-
|-
| [[Omar Belhouchet]]
| [[Omar Belhouchet]]
| [[Algeria]]
| {{ALG}}
|-
|-
| [[Kenneth Best]]
| [[Kenneth Best]]
| [[Liberia]]
| {{LBR}}
|-
|-
| [[Hubert Beuve-Méry]]
| [[Hubert Beuve-Méry]]
| [[France]]
| {{FRA}}
|-
|-
| [[Jesús Blancornelas]]
| [[Jesús Blancornelas]]
| [[Mexico]]
| {{MEX}}
|-
|-
| [[Grémah Boukar Koura]]
| [[Grémah Boukar Koura]]
| [[Niger]]
| {{NIG}}
|-
|-
| [[Jose Burgos Jr.]]
| [[Jose Burgos Jr.]]
| [[Philippines]]
| {{PHI}}
|-
|-
| [[Guillermo Cano]]
| [[Guillermo Cano]]
| [[Colombia]]
| {{COL}}
|-
|-
| [[Juan Pablo Cárdenas]]
| [[Juan Pablo Cárdenas]]
| [[Chile]]
| {{CHI}}
|-
|-
| [[Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal|Pedro Joaquín Chamorro]]
| [[Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal|Pedro Joaquín Chamorro]]
| [[Nicaragua]]
| {{NIC}}
|-
|-
| [[Suk-Chae Choi]]
| {{Interlanguage link|Suk-Chae Choi|ko|최석채}}
| [[South Korea]]
| {{KOR}}
|-
|-
| [[Julio De Mesquita Neto]]
| {{Interlanguage link|Julio De Mesquita Neto|pt|Julio de Mesquita Neto}}
| [[Brazil]]
| {{BRA}}
|-
|-
| [[Jiří Dienstbier]]
| [[Jiří Dienstbier]]
| [[Czech Republic]]
| {{CZE}}
|-
|-
| [[Harold Evans]]
| [[Harold Evans]]
| [[United Kingdom]]
| {{UK}}
|-
|-
| [[Antonio Fontán]]
| [[Antonio Fontán]]
| [[Spain]]
| {{ESP}}
|-
|-
| [[Gao Yu (journalist)|Gao Yu]]
| [[Gao Yu (journalist)|Gao Yu]]
| [[China]]
| {{PRC}}
|-
|-
| [[Katharine Graham]]
| [[Katharine Graham]]
| [[United States]]
| {{USA}}
|-
|-
| [[Veronica Guerin]]
| [[Veronica Guerin]]
| [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
| {{IRL}}
|-
|-
| [[Shiro Hara]]
| [[Shiro Hara]]
| [[Japan]]
| {{JAP}}
|-
|-
| [[Amira Hass]]
| [[Amira Hass]]
| [[Israel]]
| {{ISR}}
|-
|-
| [[Tara Singh Hayer]]
| [[Tara Singh Hayer]]
| [[Canada]]
| {{CAN}}
|-
|-
| [[Doan Viet Hoat]]
| [[Doan Viet Hoat]]
| [[Vietnam]]
| {{VIE}}
|-
|-
| [[Abdi İpekçi]]
| [[Abdi İpekçi]]
| [[Turkey]]
| {{TUR}}
|-
|-
| [[Kemal Kurspahić]]
| [[Kemal Kurspahić]]
| [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
| {{BIH}}
|-
|-
| [[Daoud Kuttab]]
| [[Daoud Kuttab]]
| [[State of Palestine|Palestine]]
| {{PSE}}
|-
|-
| [[Gwen Lister]]
| [[Gwen Lister]]
| [[Namibia]]
| {{NAM}}
|-
|-
| [[Mochtar Lubis]]
| [[Mochtar Lubis]]
| [[Indonesia]]
| {{IDN}}
|-
|-
| [[Kronid Lyubarsky]]
| [[Kronid Lyubarsky]]
| [[Russia]]
| {{RUS}}
|-
|-
| [[Savea Sano Malifa]]
| [[Savea Sano Malifa]]
| [[Samoa]]
| {{WSM}}
|-
|-
| [[Veran Matić]]
| [[Veran Matić]]
| [[Serbia]]
| {{SRB}}
|-
|-
| [[Adam Michnik]]
| [[Adam Michnik]]
| [[Poland]]
| {{POL}}
|-
|-
| [[Fred M'membe]]
| [[Fred M'membe]]
| [[Zambia]]
| {{ZAM}}
|-
|-
| [[Indro Montanelli]]
| [[Indro Montanelli]]
| [[Italy]]
| {{ITA}}
|-
|-
| [[Nizar Nayyouf]]
| [[Nizar Nayyouf]]
| [[Syria]]
| {{SYR}}
|-
|-
| [[Freedom Neruda]]
| [[Freedom Neruda]]
| [[Ivory Coast]]
| {{CIV}}
|-
|-
| [[Pius Njawé]]
| [[Pius Njawé]]
| [[Cameroon]]
| {{CMR}}
|-
|-
| [[German Ornes]]
| [[Germán Ornes]]
| [[Dominican Republic]]
| {{DOM}}
|-
|-
| [[Percy Qoboza]]
| [[Percy Qoboza]]
| [[South Africa]]
| {{ZAF}}
|-
|-
| [[Raúl Rivero]]
| [[Raúl Rivero]]
| [[Cuba]]
| {{CUB}}
|-
|-
| [[Nuno Rocha (journalist)|Nuno Rocha]]
| [[Nuno Rocha (journalist)|Nuno Rocha]]
| [[Portugal]]
| {{PRT}}
|-
|-
| [[Faraj Sarkohi]]
| [[Faraj Sarkohi]]
| [[Iran]]
| {{IRN}}
|-
|-
| [[Arun Shourie]]
| [[Arun Shourie]]
| [[India]]
| {{IND}}
|-
|-
| [[André Sibomana]]
| [[André Sibomana]]
| [[Rwanda]]
| {{RWA}}
|-
|-
| [[U Thaung]]
| [[U Thaung]]
| [[Myanmar]]
| {{flag|Burma|1974}}
|-
|-
| [[Jacobo Timerman]]
| [[Jacobo Timerman]]
| [[Argentina]]
| {{ARG}}
|-
|-
| [[Ricardo Uceda]]
| [[Ricardo Uceda]]
| [[Peru]]
| {{PER}}
|-
|-
| [[Helen Vlachos|Eleni Vlahou]]
| [[Helen Vlachos|Eleni Vlahou]]
| [[Greece]]
| {{GRC}}
|-
|-
| [[C.E.L. Wickremesinghe]]
| [[C.E.L. Wickremesinghe]]
| [[Sri Lanka]]
| {{LKA}}
|-
|-
| [[José Rubén Zamora]]
| [[José Rubén Zamora]]
| [[Guatemala]]
| {{GUA}}
|-
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2006
|rowspan="1"| 2006
| [[Anna Politkovskaya]]
| [[Anna Politkovskaya]]
| [[Russia]]
| {{RUS}}
|-
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2007
|rowspan="1"| 2007
| [[Hrant Dink]]
| [[Hrant Dink]]
| [[Turkey]]
| {{TUR}}
|-
|-
|rowspan="8"| 2010
|rowspan="8"| 2010
| [[Lydia Cacho Ribeiro]]
| [[Lydia Cacho Ribeiro]]
| [[Mexico]]
| {{MEX}}
|-
|-
| [[May Chidiac]]
| [[May Chidiac]]
| [[Lebanon]]
| {{LBN}}
|-
|-
| [[Akbar Ganji]]
| [[Akbar Ganji]]
| [[Iran]]
| {{IRN}}
|-
|-
| [[Yoani Sánchez]]
| [[Yoani Sánchez]]
| [[Cuba]]
| {{CUB}}
|-
|-
| [[Pap Saine]]
| [[Pap Saine]]
| [[The Gambia]]
| {{GAM}}
|-
|-
| [[Nedim Şener]]
| [[Nedim Şener]]
| [[Turkey]]
| {{TUR}}
|-
|-
| [[Lasantha Wickrematunge]]
| [[Lasantha Wickrematunge]]
| [[Sri Lanka]]
| {{LKA}}
|-
|-
| [[Laurence Gandar ]]
| [[Laurence Gandar]]
| [[South Africa]]
| {{ZAF}}
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2011
|rowspan="2"| 2011
| [[Raymond Louw]]
| [[Raymond Louw]]
| [[South Africa]]
| {{ZAF}}
|-
|-
| [[Daniel Pearl]]
| [[Daniel Pearl]]
| [[United States]]
| {{USA}}
|-
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2012
|rowspan="1"| 2012
| [[David Rohde]]
| [[David Rohde]]
| [[United States]]
| {{USA}}
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2013
|rowspan="2"| 2013
| [[Marie Colvin]]
| [[Marie Colvin]]
| [[United States]]
| {{USA}}
|-
|-
| [[Mika Yamamoto]]
| [[Mika Yamamoto]]
| [[Japan]]
| {{JPN}}
|-
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2014
|rowspan="1"| 2014
| [[Mashallah Shamsolvaezin]]
| [[Mashallah Shamsolvaezin]]
| [[Iran]]
| {{IRN}}
|-
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2015
|rowspan="1"| 2015
| [[Mazen Darwish]]
| [[Mazen Darwish]]
| [[Syria]]
| {{SYR}}
|-
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2016
|rowspan="1"| 2016
| [[Ahmad Zeidabadi]]
| [[Ahmad Zeidabadi]]
| [[Iran]]
| {{IRN}}
|-
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2017
|rowspan="1"| 2017
| [[Eskinder Nega]]
| [[Eskinder Nega]]
| [[Ethiopia]]
| {{FDRE}}
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2019
| [[Cyril Almeida]]
| [[Pakistan]]<ref>[https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/04/pakistan-cyril-almeida-named-ipi-world-press-freedom-hero-190424094705064.html Al Jazeera 25 April 2019]</ref>
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2021
| {{Interlanguage link|Yuliya Slutskaya|be|Юлія Вітальеўна Слуцкая}}
| [[Belarus]]<ref name="Daily Star">{{Cite web|last=Report|first=Star Digital|date=2021-09-07|title=Belarus's Yuliya Slutskaya named World Press Freedom Hero|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/world/europe/news/belaruss-yuliya-slutskaya-named-world-press-freedom-hero-2170686|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908093945/https://www.thedailystar.net/world/europe/news/belaruss-yuliya-slutskaya-named-world-press-freedom-hero-2170686|archivedate=2021-09-08|accessdate=2021-09-08|website=|publisher=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]|language=en}}</ref>
|}
|}


Latest revision as of 04:58, 2 January 2024

International Press Institute World Press Freedom Heroes are individuals who have been recognized by the Vienna-based International Press Institute for "significant contributions to the maintenance of press freedom and freedom of expression" and "indomitable courage".[1] The first 50 "heroes" were selected on the occasion of the organization's 50th anniversary in 2000, and awarded at its World Congress in Boston.[2] As of 2021, 22 additional heroes have been added to the list, several of them posthumously.[3]

Recipients

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Year Honorees Country
2000 Aslam Ali Pakistan
Rudolf Augstein Germany
Omar Belhouchet Algeria
Kenneth Best Liberia
Hubert Beuve-Méry France
Jesús Blancornelas Mexico
Grémah Boukar Koura Niger
Jose Burgos Jr. Philippines
Guillermo Cano Colombia
Juan Pablo Cárdenas Chile
Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Nicaragua
Suk-Chae Choi [ko] South Korea
Julio De Mesquita Neto [pt] Brazil
Jiří Dienstbier Czech Republic
Harold Evans United Kingdom
Antonio Fontán Spain
Gao Yu China
Katharine Graham United States
Veronica Guerin Ireland
Shiro Hara Japan
Amira Hass Israel
Tara Singh Hayer Canada
Doan Viet Hoat Vietnam
Abdi İpekçi Turkey
Kemal Kurspahić Bosnia and Herzegovina
Daoud Kuttab Palestine
Gwen Lister Namibia
Mochtar Lubis Indonesia
Kronid Lyubarsky Russia
Savea Sano Malifa Samoa
Veran Matić Serbia
Adam Michnik Poland
Fred M'membe Zambia
Indro Montanelli Italy
Nizar Nayyouf Syria
Freedom Neruda Ivory Coast
Pius Njawé Cameroon
Germán Ornes Dominican Republic
Percy Qoboza South Africa
Raúl Rivero Cuba
Nuno Rocha Portugal
Faraj Sarkohi Iran
Arun Shourie India
André Sibomana Rwanda
U Thaung Myanmar
Jacobo Timerman Argentina
Ricardo Uceda Peru
Eleni Vlahou Greece
C.E.L. Wickremesinghe Sri Lanka
José Rubén Zamora Guatemala
2006 Anna Politkovskaya Russia
2007 Hrant Dink Turkey
2010 Lydia Cacho Ribeiro Mexico
May Chidiac Lebanon
Akbar Ganji Iran
Yoani Sánchez Cuba
Pap Saine The Gambia
Nedim Şener Turkey
Lasantha Wickrematunge Sri Lanka
Laurence Gandar South Africa
2011 Raymond Louw South Africa
Daniel Pearl United States
2012 David Rohde United States
2013 Marie Colvin United States
Mika Yamamoto Japan
2014 Mashallah Shamsolvaezin Iran
2015 Mazen Darwish Syria
2016 Ahmad Zeidabadi Iran
2017 Eskinder Nega Ethiopia
2019 Cyril Almeida Pakistan[4]
2021 Yuliya Slutskaya [be] Belarus[3]

References

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  1. ^ Robert Louw (2000). "Choosing Heroes is a Difficult Task". IPI Report, No. 2. International Press Institute. Archived from the original on 4 January 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  2. ^ "World Press Freedom Heroes". International Press Institute. 2000. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  3. ^ a b Report, Star Digital (2021-09-07). "Belarus's Yuliya Slutskaya named World Press Freedom Hero". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 2021-09-08. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
  4. ^ Al Jazeera 25 April 2019
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