The winners of the Press Freedom Awards for the year 2021 have been announced.The Press Freedom Awards have been given to a Chinese journalist, investigative consortium and a Palestinian woman reporter covering the Corona virus.
International Press Freedom Awards 2021
The Reporters Without Borders International Press Freedom Awards for the year 2021 have been announced.The Press Freedom Awards began in 1992.The purpose of this award is to recognize the professional activities of journalists.The award is also dedicated to those journalists whose outstanding journalistic responsibilities enhance and protect the dignity of freedom of the press.
Dangerous Viruses, Dangerous Reporting
In December 2019, a mysterious virus began to spread in the Chinese city of Wuhan.Little did anyone realize at the time that the virus would spread and become a global epidemic, killing millions of people.One month later, on January 23, 2020, a complete lockdown was imposed in Wuhan.
In February 2020, Zhang Zhan Wuhan, a freelance journalist, set out from Shanghai, the financial center of China, on a journey to find out the truth.His travels and the reports he compiled were considered by journalists' organizations in the category of "journalistic credit" or "journalistic bravery" and earned him this year's award.
Corona is a brave woman reporting
Thirty-eight-year-old Zhang Zhan's report went viral on social media around the world.It described the state of Wuhan's hospitals full of patients and the life trapped in the lockdown.She continued reporting while based in Wuhan and then suddenly disappeared on May 14, 2020.
It was later revealed that Chinese authorities had arrested him and taken him back to a prison in Shanghai.She was imprisoned for several days without charge.A Chinese court sentenced her to four years in prison in December 2020, and prosecutors in the court charged Zhang Zhan with aggravated assault and disorderly conduct.
During the execution, he went on a hunger strike, which continues to this day.
Significantly, Zhang Zhan is also a lawyer and was jailed for participating in a solidarity rally in Hong Kong in September 2019.Where he was released after 65 days because She was on a hunger strike.
Surveillance Monitors
The Pegasus Project is an international consortium of journalists, comprising journalists from eleven countries.It is an organization that monitors many activities.He was also awarded the Press Freedom Award this year.
Journalists borrowed the consortium's name from Pegasus, an Israeli spy program.The program was also bought by security agencies of different countries to monitor terrorism and anti-government elements.These include Saudi Arabia, India and Hungary.The Mexican government has been using the Pegasus program to monitor journalists.
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Project Consortium reporters released a report based on startling details about the software.It said that 200 media professionals are being spied on all over the world.Christian Mehr, director of Reports Without Borders Germany, has called for a complete international ban on the software.
Palestinian journalist
Majdolina Hasina, a Palestinian journalist, is no stranger to critical news because of her critical reputation.They also face the wrath of the Israeli and Palestinian authorities.
Majdolina Hasina says she has criticized Israel for committing human rights abuses and similarly criticized the Palestinian Authority for exposing corruption in its personnel.
According to Hasina, he was targeted and harmed from both sides and allegations were also leveled.
In 2015, he joined TRT, a Turkish television station.She has previously been associated with Palestinian news agencies.She also faces restrictions from the Israeli secret service.Which has limited her to the West Bank but is working as a journalist.
Thomas Lashan (AS)
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