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Amnesty International UK Media Awards |
The 10th awards were held at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts BAFTA, on 10 July 2001. The ceremony was hosted by Krishnan Guru-Murthy.[1][2][3]
In total 8 awards were made in the categories of Global Award for Human Rights Journalism, National Print, Periodicals, Photojournalism, Radio, Special Award for Human Rights Journalism Under Threat, Television Documentary and Television News.
Richard Bunting, of Amnesty International UK said, "Without the powerful and often difficult journalism of these award-winners the world would know less about human rights abuse, perpetrators might stand to walk free and victims only seek justice in vain. The journalist's role is enormously important."[2]
The judges[4] for the categories of National Print, Periodicals, Photojournalism, Radio, Special Award for Human Rights Journalism Under Threat, Television Documentary and Television News were Mariella Frostrup, Shiulie Ghosh, Maya Jaggi,[a] Richard Lindley,[b] [[Indarjit Singh], Gillian Slovo, Edward Stourton, Paul Wombel,[c] Neil Burgess,[d] and Richard Bunting.[e]
The ″Special Award For Human Rights Journalism Under Threat″ was awarded to Sihem Bensedrine of Tunisia who was at the time of the awards in prison for speaking out against the Tunisian government under president Ben Ali.
The ″Global Award For Human Rights Journalism″ was awarded to Anna Politkovskaya for her coverage of events in Chechnya, where Russian troops held Chechen prisoners for ransom.
Judges for the ″Global Award for Human Rights Journalism″ were[5] Mark Chavunduka,[f] Ariel Dorfman, Hina Jilani, Mark Lattimer,[g] and Rana Husseini.
Shortlist and Winners 2001
| 2001 | |||||
| Category | Title | Organisation | Journalists | Refs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLOBAL AWARD FOR HUMAN RIGHTS JOURNALISM | |||||
| "Confessions of Jordanians guilty of honour killings..." | Al-Wasat | Diana Moukalled | |||
| "How the heroes of Russia turned into the tormentors of Chechnya" | Novaya Gazeta | Anna Politkovskaya (Russian: А́нна Степа́новна Политко́вская) |
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| for her investigation of a filtration camp where Russian troops held Chechen prisoners for ransom, published in the newspaper Novaya Gazeta | |||||
| "To kill or not to kill: Lebanon reconsiders who is subject to capital punishment" | Cairo Times | Cilina Nasser | |||
| National Print | |||||
| Series of articles on Depleted Uranium | The Independent | Robert Fisk | |||
| Series of articles on Israel | The Guardian | Suzanne Goldenberg | |||
| Series of articles on Sierra Leone | The Times | Janine di Giovanni | |||
| Periodicals | |||||
| Destiny's Children | The Guardian Weekend | Melanie MacFadyean | |||
| Free At Last? | The Guardian Weekend | Simon Hattenstone | |||
| Veiled Threats | The Sunday Times Magazine | Christine Toomey | |||
| Photojournalism | |||||
| Bosnia: Nestali - The Missing | The Independent on Sunday | Paul Lowe | |||
| Casualties Of War | Marie Claire | Jenny Matthews | |||
| Welcome To Care In The Community, Taiwanese Style | The Independent Magazine | Chien-Chi Chang | |||
| Radio | |||||
| Death Row Rookies | BBC Radio 4 | Miles Ward | |||
| Seeds Of Hate | BBC Radio 4 | Emily Buchanan | |||
| Victims Of The Torture Train | Radio 5 Live | John Sweeney | |||
| Special Award for Human Rights Journalism Under Threat | |||||
| Sihem Bensedrine (Arabic: سهام بن سدرين) The award was collected by Bensedrine's husband and daughter after she was arrested on 26 June 2001 returning to Tunisia after speaking in human rights in Europe and having appeared on the London based TV station Al Mustaquilla. Shortly afterwards the Tunisian government attempted to have Al Mustaquilla closed by legal action, claiming defamation and linking the legal action to Bensedrine's comments concerning corruption in Tunisia. For many years Bensedrine had suffered harassment and intimidation by the Tunisian security forces. In April 2000, she was arrested and badly beaten by police when she attempted to visit another journalist, Taoufik Ben Brik, who was on hunger strike in protest at police harassment. On the night of 14 December 2000, her car was broken into and a large knife was left on the back seat with a threatening note. Bensedrine used her on-line newspaper Kalima (www.Kalimatunisie.com) to bypass Tunisian government censorship. |
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| Television Documentary | |||||
| Babitsky's War | Channel 4 True Stories | Mentorn Barraclough Carey | |||
| Coconut Revolution | Channel 4 | Channel 4 & Stampede | |||
| Israel Accused | BBC Correspondent | BBC Correspondent | |||
| Television News | |||||
| Kidnapped Brides | Insight News and Channel 4 News | Martin Adler | |||
| Palestinian Executions | BBC News | Paul Adams | |||
| Texan Death Row | Channel 4 News | David Smith | |||
See Also
Notes
- ^ At the time of the 2001 Awards, Maya Jaggi was feature writer and lead reviewer for The Guardian. As at 22 January 2013 The Guardian, "Maya Jaggi has been a profile-writer and critic for Guardian Review since 2000, and is an award-winning cultural journalist." from Maya Jaggi Profile Page (Archived Copy)
- ^ At the time of the 2001 Awards, Richard Lindley was a Journalist working with the BBC, ITN and other news outlets. Debrett's (Archive Copy 22 January 2013)]
- ^ At the time of the 2001 Awards, Paul Wombel was director of The Photographers' Gallery, London.
- ^ At the time of the 2001 Awards, Neil Burgess was founder of Network Photographers, London.
- ^ At the time of the 2001 Awards, Richard Bunting was Director of Communications at Amnesty International UK - www.richardbunting.com Biography - Archive copy as at 22 January 2013
- ^ Mark Chavunduka was the founding editor of the ″The Standard″, independent weekly newspaper, Zimbabwe. He died in 2002. He was tortured by Zimbabwe's army for writing about an alleged coup plot. The cause of death has made public but it was widely believed to have been caused by the torture. BBC News - Obituary, The Guardian, Dec 03, 2002 - Shola Adenekan.
- ^ At the time of the 2001 Awards, Mark Lattimer was head of Minority Rights Group International
References
- ^ "10th ANNUAL MEDIA AWARDS: WINNERS ANNOUNCED" (Press release). Amnesty International UK (AIUK). 11 July 2001. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ a b "Media Awards 2001 10TH ANNUAL MEDIA AWARDS: WINNERS ANNOUNCED". Amnesty International UK (AIUK). Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ "Amnesty magazine Sept/Oct 2001 Media Awards". Amnesty International UK (AIUK). Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ "MEDIA AWARDS SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED - Krishnan Guru-Murthy to host" (Press release). Amnesty International UK (AIUK). 14 May 2001. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ "Global Award for Human Rights Journalism: Shortlist Announced" (Press release). Amensty International UK (AIUK). 14 June 2001. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2013.