24th Human Rights Press Awards (2020) Winners

The winners of the 24th Human Rights Press Awards were announced on May 6, 2020. Below is the full list of winners and merit winners in each category.

Breaking News Writing

English

A Day of Violence

Winner

A Day of Violence

Natasha Khan, Joyu Wang, John Lyons, Chun Han Wong, Wenxin Fan, Mike Bird, Lucy Craymer, Jing Yang and Eva Dou - The Wall Street Journal
Kashmir Lockdown Coverage

Merit

Kashmir Lockdown Coverage

Al Jazeera English Digital Newsdesk - Al Jazeera Online

Chinese

Fiendish Mob Beat People with Wooden Sticks: Stand News Reporter and Civilians Injured and Police Absent for the First 30 Minutes

Winner

Fiendish Mob Beat People with Wooden Sticks: Stand News Reporter and Civilians Injured and Police Absent for the First 30 Minutes

Ho Kwai Lam - Stand News
After Effects of Tear Gas Grenades in the Anti-Extradition Bill Movement Series

Merit

After Effects of Tear Gas Grenades in the Anti-Extradition Bill Movement Series

Pun Pak Lam, Chan Siu Kai and Wong Sum Yee Esther - Apple Daily
Explosions in Jiangsu's Xiangshui Series

Merit

Explosions in Jiangsu’s Xiangshui Series

Ye Jiabin, Susie Wu and Xu Han - Initium Media

Investigative Feature Writing

English

In Hong Kong Crackdown, Police Repeatedly Broke Their Own Rules -- and Faced No Consequences

Winner

In Hong Kong Crackdown, Police Repeatedly Broke Their Own Rules — and Faced No Consequences

Shibani Mahtani, Timothy McLaughlin, Tiffany Liang and Ryan Ho Kilpatrick - The Washington Post
Abortions, IUDs and Sexual Humiliation: Muslim Women Who Fled China for Kazakhstan Recount Ordeals

Merit

Abortions, IUDs and Sexual Humiliation: Muslim Women Who Fled China for Kazakhstan Recount Ordeals

Amie Ferris-Rotman and Joel van Houdt - The Washington Post
Amazon’s Troubled Asian Supply Chain

Merit

Amazon’s Troubled Asian Supply Chain

Jon Emont, Alexandra Berzon, Justin Scheck and Shane Shifflett - The Wall Street Journal

Chinese

Hidden Victims — Drug Mules: Investigation of Cross Border Human Trafficking

Winner

Hidden Victims — Drug Mules: Investigation of Cross Border Human Trafficking

Cheng Tsz Yu, Ci Meilin, Lao Xianliang, Leung Pang Wai and Yip Ka Ho - HK01
Silent Extinction: Concentration Camps in Xinjiang, China

Merit

Silent Extinction: Concentration Camps in Xinjiang, China

Jason C.H. Liu, Chia-Ci Hsu, Kai-Heng Ma, Paris Lin, Yue Chu and Shu-Chien Shen - The Reporter
Investigation of Police Operation at 831 Prince Edward MTR Station

Merit

Investigation of Police Operation at 831 Prince Edward MTR Station *

Chiu Sin Fung, Lee Ka Ling and Chung Ching - FactWire News Agency
Fact Check: 831 Police Violence in Prince Edward MTR Station

Merit

Fact Check: 831 Police Violence in Prince Edward MTR Station

Lam Yan and Leung Chun Kan - Stand News

Explanatory Feature Writing

English

The People of Hong Kong

Winner

The People of Hong Kong

Natasha Khan, Wenxin Fan and John Lyons - The Wall Street Journal
Where 518 Inmates Sleep in Space for 170, and Gangs Hold It Together

Merit

Where 518 Inmates Sleep in Space for 170, and Gangs Hold It Together

Aurora Almendral - New York Times
Abandoned in Assam: India Creates Its Own Rohingya, and Calls Them ‘Bangladeshi’

Merit

Abandoned in Assam: India Creates Its Own Rohingya, and Calls Them ‘Bangladeshi’

Debasish Roy Chowdhury - South China Morning Post

Chinese

Revisiting 612: What Happened?

Winner

Revisiting 612: What Happened?

Leung Chun Kan, Leung Hoi Ching and Leung Tin Sum - Stand News
Maritime Idyll of Stateless Bajau Laut: Our Border is Where Boats Could Reach

Merit

Maritime Idyll of Stateless Bajau Laut: Our Border is Where Boats Could Reach

Chiew Hui Yee - Initium Media
3 Barristers Cite European Cases: STS (Special Tactical Squad) Uniforms Not Showing Police Numbers Unconstitutional

Merit

3 Barristers Cite European Cases: STS (Special Tactical Squad) Uniforms Not Showing Police Numbers Unconstitutional

Ng Yuen Ying - CitizenNews

Commentary Writing

English

Born Illegal: Detained Rohingya Children Are Victims, Not Criminals

Merit

Born Illegal: Detained Rohingya Children Are Victims, Not Criminals

Thomas Kean - Frontier Myanmar
The Crackdown Has Begun: Holding Power to Account in Hong Kong

Merit

The Crackdown Has Begun: Holding Power to Account in Hong Kong

Jillian Kay Melchior - The Wall Street Journal

Chinese

Tip-offs, Pink Terror and Non-establishment Totalitarianism

Merit

Tip-offs, Pink Terror and Non-establishment Totalitarianism

Byron Chen - Initium Media

Photography (Single image)

Winner

Police Shoot Pepper Spray onto Protesters in Hong Kong

Yu Chun Leung - HK01
Hong Kong Trust Crisis: Extreme Sieges at Universities

Merit

Hong Kong Trust Crisis: Extreme Sieges at Universities

Billy H.C. Kwok - Getty Images

Merit

The Jade Crisis

Hkun Lat - Frontier Myanmar

Photography (Series)

Winner

Hong Kong Protests 2019

Anthony Wallace - Agence France-Presse (AFP)

Merit

Hong Kong Trust Crisis: Extreme Sieges at Universities

Billy H.C. Kwok - Getty Images

Merit

Anti-Extradition Bill Protests in Hong Kong

Lam Chun Tung - Initium Media
Anti-Extradition Bill Protests in Hong Kong
Anti-Extradition Bill Protests in Hong Kong
Anti-Extradition Bill Protests in Hong Kong
Anti-Extradition Bill Protests in Hong Kong
Anti-Extradition Bill Protests in Hong Kong
Anti-Extradition Bill Protests in Hong Kong
Anti-Extradition Bill Protests in Hong Kong

People’s Choice Photo Award

Winner

Mattress Shield

Lai Chun Kit - Ming Pao

Short Video

English

Defending Kashmir: Anchar’s Last Stand Against India’s Control

Winner

Defending Kashmir: Anchar’s Last Stand Against India’s Control

Ahmer Khan, Siddharth Bokolia, Sami Ullah, Rebecca Ratcliffe and Claudine Spera - The Guardian
Hong Kong Protesters: 'If We Burn, You Burn with Us'

Merit

Hong Kong Protesters: ‘If We Burn, You Burn with Us’

Marc Hofer, Michael Greenfield, Tom Cheshire, Alain Lau and Bo Chau - Sky News

Chinese

721 White-clad Mob Attacks in Yuen Long, and Attack on Stand News Reporter

Winner

721 White-clad Mob Attacks in Yuen Long, and Attack on Stand News Reporter

Ho Kwai Lam - Stand News
Express Delivery Company Embargoed

Merit

Express Delivery Company Embargoed

Yip Chun Chun and Lo Pui Shan - Radio Television Hong Kong
The Truth: 811 Police Violence

Merit

The Truth: 811 Police Violence

Ho Hoi Ling - NowTV

Documentary Video

English

Inside China's Camps

Winner

Inside China’s Camps

John Sudworth, Kathy Long, Wang Xiqing and Lulu Luo - BBC World News
The War on Afghan Women

Merit

The War on Afghan Women

Karishma Vyas - 101 East, Al Jazeera English
In the Prisons that Don’t Exist

Merit

In the Prisons that Don’t Exist

Yvonne Tong - Radio Television Hong Kong

Chinese

Hong Kong Connection: Anti-Extradition Bill Movement Series

Winner

Hong Kong Connection: Anti-Extradition Bill Movement Series

Hong Kong Connection - Radio Television Hong Kong
64.30 : Revelation to Asia

Merit

64.30 : Revelation to Asia

Jovy Wong, Chui Man Kit, Rex Yung, Vykie Chin and Edith Leung - i-Cable News
"This Week"-- Black Mirror: Social Credit System and Big Data Life in China, "SkyEye", "A Credit Score is for Life", "The Plight of Dishonest Persons”

Merit

“This Week”– Black Mirror: Social Credit System and Big Data Life in China, “SkyEye”, “A Credit Score is for Life”, “The Plight of Dishonest Persons”

Nabela Qoser, Cheung Kit Yan Gloria and Lui Lok - Radio Television Hong Kong

Audio

The Exodus from Polytechnic University

Winner

The Exodus from Polytechnic University

Li Tai Wai and Wang Ming Hei - Radio Television Hong Kong

Merit

Testimonies: Abuses in the Concentration Camps in Xinjiang

Chau Chi Wing - Radio Television Hong Kong
No Place to Call Home

Merit

No Place to Call Home

Chan Wan Ru - Radio Taiwan International

Multimedia

English

Xinjiang: China's Drive for Control

Winner

Xinjiang: China’s Drive for Control

Josh Chin and Clément Bürge - The Wall Street Journal

Chinese

Land of Prisons

Winner

Land of Prisons

Apple Daily - Apple Daily
9 Memories of the Tiananmen Square: Workers, Teachers, Students, Mothers, Reporters

Merit

9 Memories of the Tiananmen Square: Workers, Teachers, Students, Mothers, Reporters

Initium Media - Initium Media
Interactive Page on 721 Yuen Long Terrorist Attack

Merit

Interactive Page on 721 Yuen Long Terrorist Attack

Cheung Hoi Kit, Egon Sung and Cherry Wong - CitizenNews

Student Writing

English

Gender-based Violence against Journalists in Hong Kong

Winner

Gender-based Violence against Journalists in Hong Kong

Lin Zhihuai, Kwok Hiu Ching and Wong Ting Yan - Data Story, HKBU
Social Workers Hopeful Looking at the Future of Ethnic Minorities

Merit

Social Workers Hopeful Looking at the Future of Ethnic Minorities

Chow Yat Yanni and Woo Chun Nok King - The Young Reporter, HKBU
In a Leaderless Movement, Hong Kong's Student Activists Face Local and International Threats

Merit

In a Leaderless Movement, Hong Kong’s Student Activists Face Local and International Threats

Chow Yat Yanni and Anna Kam - The Young Reporter, HKBU

Chinese

Unspoken Wounds: Secret Treatments of Volunteer Doctors

Winner

Unspoken Wounds: Secret Treatments of Volunteer Doctors

Hu Meng Qi, Lin Ka Man and Li Wai Shan - U-Beat Magazine, CUHK
Defending Rights in the Dark: Volunteer Lawyers in the Anti-Extradition Movement

Merit

Defending Rights in the Dark: Volunteer Lawyers in the Anti-Extradition Movement

Ng Chun Chun, Lo Man Lok and Gu Su Ying - U-Beat Magazine, CUHK
Love and Hate on the Other Shore: Interview of Jin Bianling, Wife of 709 Rights Lawyer Jiang Tianyong

Merit

Love and Hate on the Other Shore: Interview of Jin Bianling, Wife of 709 Rights Lawyer Jiang Tianyong

Suen Chak Fong Fion and Chan Cho - U-Beat Magazine, CUHK

Student Video & Audio

Unconscious Woman Dragged by Police

Winner

Unconscious Woman Dragged by Police

Wong Man Yan - EdUHKSU Editorial Board
Where Have All the Helpers Gone?

Merit

Where Have All the Helpers Gone?

Leung Ka Ching, Lo Man Lok, Wong Ho Man and Wong Tin Wing - U-Beat Magazine, CUHK
Is Being Young a Crime?

Merit

Is Being Young a Crime?

Chan Ching Kei, Ko Tsz Shun, Kong Wan and Wong Tsz Wing - TV Lab, School of Communication, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
  • This entry was awarded a merit in the judging process but was not included in the original list of winning entries due to an error.
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