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IRAN - COURAGE IN WOMEN'S JOURNALISM
- JILA BANIYAGHOOB
Courage in Journalism Award
International Women’s Media Foundation: A
Belarusian journalist who is frequently detained and subjected to all-night
interrogations by police, a Cameroonian radio journalist whose broadcasts on
human rights and press freedom have put her life at risk and an Iranian
journalist whose reports about sensitive social and political issues have led
to multiple arrests are recipients of this year’s International Women’s Media
Foundation’s Courage in Journalism Awards.
“These remarkable journalists have chosen to report the news in three countries
where pursuit of the truth puts them at risk for arrest, physical attacks and
even death,” said Judy Woodruff, chair of the IWMF Courage in Journalism
Awards. “Still, they have consistently, for many years, chosen to risk their
lives and livelihoods in pursuing stories that illuminate the lives of people
in their countries and enlighten us all.”
Jila Baniyaghoob, 38, freelance reporter and editor-in-chief of the website Kanoon
Zanan Irani (Focus on Iranian Women),
from Elahe Amani
19-May-2009
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