International Press Freedom Awards

CPJ to honor brave journalists at annual ceremony

Journalists from Belarus, Guatemala, Mozambique, Myanmar to be celebrated

CPJ will honor journalists from Belarus, Guatemala, Mozambique, and Myanmar at the 2021 International Press Freedom Awards. The awards will be presented on November 18, 2021, at CPJ’s annual benefit gala, to be chaired by Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, and hosted by ABC “World News Tonight” anchor David Muir. (Photo credits, clockwise from top left: BelaPan/Tatyana Korovenkova; Anastasia Mejía; Democratic Voice of Burma; Canal de Moçambique)

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Jamal Khashoggi

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Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey
On October 2, 2018, shortly after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, the former editor-in-chief of the Saudi newspaper Al-Watan and a columnist for The Washington Post was killed.

Khashoggi had written critically about Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The CIA found that bin Salman ordered the journalist’s murder.

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In at least 8 out of 10 cases, the murderers of journalists go free. CPJ is waging a global campaign against impunity.

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