The Human Rights Press Awards recognise top rights-related reporting from around Asia, with the goal of increasing respect for people’s basic rights and focusing attention on threats to those freedoms.
There is no entry fee.
Works must be:
For student awards, no more than two works per entrant are accepted. Works by groups of students are accepted.
Any work already submitted for one category cannot also be submitted into any additional category (with the exception of the two photography categories).
Recognising work reported under deadline pressure with speed, accuracy and high-quality writing on a single human rights-related news event.
Recognising investigative work that makes use of all journalistic tools to uncover or expose new details of a significant human rights issue.
Recognising a series of images demonstrating excellence in photography on a single, specific human rights issue.
Please note that at this time we are under construction.
We will have the past winners available soon.
Breaking News, Investigative Writing, and Explanatory Feature
Works must have been published in text-based news media including, but not restricted to, newspapers, magazines, journals and wire service. For a series of work, all of which must have been published, choose the top two articles and provide a brief summary of the rest.
Photography (Single Image)
We accept JPEGs with a quality setting of eight or above. They should be at least 2,500 pixels on the longest side and resize for smaller images. Entries must contain an English-language caption. If assistance is required for translation please contact the award administrators. A single image entry may also be submitted as part of a series.
Photography (Series)
Maximum eight images per entry. All photographs must cover one single, specific human rights issue. We accept JPEGs with a quality setting of eight or above. They should be at least 2,500 pixels on the longest side and resize for smaller images. Entries must contain an English-language caption for each photograph. If assistance is required with translation please contact the award administrators.
Short Video
Documentary
As originally published with duration exceeding twelve minutes. The works must be in English or Chinese (and English or Chinese subtitles for video entries that are in other languages) when it was originally published. We accept MediaPlayer or Quicktime compatible files. If the work is available online, please submit a URL.
Multimedia
Tertiary Student