International Press Institute World Press Freedom Heroes Explained

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.

Recipients

Year Honorees Country
2000Aslam AliPakistan
Rudolf AugsteinGermany
Omar BelhouchetAlgeria
Kenneth BestLiberia
Hubert Beuve-MéryFrance
Jesús BlancornelasMexico
Grémah Boukar KouraNiger
Jose Burgos Jr.Philippines
Guillermo CanoColombia
Juan Pablo CárdenasChile
Pedro Joaquín ChamorroNicaragua
South Korea
Brazil
Jiří DienstbierCzech Republic
Harold EvansUnited Kingdom
Antonio FontánSpain
Gao YuChina
Katharine GrahamUnited States
Veronica GuerinIreland
Shiro HaraJapan
Amira HassIsrael
Tara Singh HayerCanada
Doan Viet HoatVietnam
Abdi İpekçiTurkey
Kemal KurspahićBosnia and Herzegovina
Daoud KuttabPalestine
Gwen ListerNamibia
Mochtar LubisIndonesia
Kronid LyubarskyRussia
Savea Sano MalifaSamoa
Veran MatićSerbia
Adam MichnikPoland
Fred M'membeZambia
Indro MontanelliItaly
Nizar NayyoufSyria
Freedom NerudaIvory Coast
Pius NjawéCameroon
Germán OrnesDominican Republic
Percy QobozaSouth Africa
Raúl RiveroCuba
Nuno RochaPortugal
Faraj SarkohiIran
Arun ShourieIndia
André SibomanaRwanda
U ThaungMyanmar
Jacobo TimermanArgentina
Ricardo UcedaPeru
Eleni VlahouGreece
C.E.L. WickremesingheSri Lanka
José Rubén ZamoraGuatemala
2006Anna PolitkovskayaRussia
2007Hrant DinkTurkey
2010Lydia Cacho RibeiroMexico
May ChidiacLebanon
Akbar GanjiIran
Yoani SánchezCuba
Pap SaineThe Gambia
Nedim ŞenerTurkey
Lasantha WickrematungeSri Lanka
Laurence GandarSouth Africa
2011Raymond LouwSouth Africa
Daniel PearlUnited States
2012David RohdeUnited States
2013Marie ColvinUnited States
Mika YamamotoJapan
2014Mashallah ShamsolvaezinIran
2015Mazen DarwishSyria
2016Ahmad ZeidabadiIran
2017Eskinder NegaEthiopia
2019Cyril AlmeidaPakistan[3]
2021Belarus[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Choosing Heroes is a Difficult Task . Robert Louw . 2000 . IPI Report, No. 2 . . 26 January 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120104180806/http://www.freemedia.at/awards/choosing-heroes-is-a-difficult-task.html . 4 January 2012 .
  2. Web site: World Press Freedom Heroes . 2000 . . 26 January 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102195257/http://www.freemedia.at/awards/world-press-freedom-heroes.html . 2 November 2012 .
  3. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/04/pakistan-cyril-almeida-named-ipi-world-press-freedom-hero-190424094705064.html Al Jazeera 25 April 2019
  4. Web site: Report. Star Digital. 2021-09-07. Belarus's Yuliya Slutskaya named World Press Freedom Hero. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210908093945/https://www.thedailystar.net/world/europe/news/belaruss-yuliya-slutskaya-named-world-press-freedom-hero-2170686. 2021-09-08. 2021-09-08. The Daily Star. en.

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