Amnesty Media Awards 2019 winners announced

The winners of Amnesty International UK’s prestigious Media Awards 2019 have been announced at a ceremony in London. The Guardian took home Amnesty’s Impact Award for its Windrush Scandal campaign, and imprisoned Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were recognised for their investigation into the massacre of Rohingya people in Inn Din state in Myanmar. Channel 4 News, The Mail on Sunday and BBC Radio 4 were also winners at this evening’s awards. Amnesty’s Media Awards, which have been running annually since 1992, celebrate excellence in human rights journalism…

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Amnesty International Media Awards 2019 open for entries

Amnesty International UK is inviting entries for its 27th annual Media Awards, a prestigious set of awards that recognise the vital role journalists play and the serious risks they face in highlighting human rights abuses around the world. The award ceremony will be held on Wednesday 3 April 2019 at BAFTA Piccadilly in central London. Previous award winners include Marie Colvin, Christina Lamb, Sue Lloyd-Roberts, Robert Fisk, Gary Younge, Nawal Al-Maghafi and Alex Crawford among many others. Entries can now be submitted at: https://amnesty-media-awards.org.uk/ The closing date for entries is Friday…

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