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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