3 Imprisoned Iranian Female Journalists Wins Top UN Prize

3 Imprisoned Iranian Female Journalists Wins Top UN Prize

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Category : Awards Published on: May 05 2023

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  • Three imprisoned Iranian female journalists have been named as the winners of the United Nations premier prize for press freedom.
  • The three winners are, Niloufar Hamedi, Elaheh Mohammadi, and Narges Mohammadi.
  • Niloufar Hamedi 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 wrote about her funeral.
  • The third winner is Narges Mohammadi, who has worked for many years as a journalist and is one of Iran’s most prominent activists.
  • The U.N. 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.
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