Winners of 2021 Human Rights Press Awards announced
HONG KONG, May 6, 2021 — In a year of a pandemic lockdowns, political upheaval in Hong Kong, and protests across the region, the winning entries in the Human Rights…
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2021 Human Rights Press Awards Ceremony Cancelled, Winners to be Announced May 6
Due to continuing uncertainty surrounding the spread of COVID-19 and the Hong Kong government's advice to limit large gatherings, the organisers of Human Rights Press Awards have decided to cancel…
2021 Human Rights Press Awards Now Open for Entries
We are delighted to announce that The Human Rights Press Awards, Asia’s most prestigious honours that recognise outstanding human rights reporting, have returned for the 25th year and are now…
2021 Human Rights Press Awards Open for Entries on January 1
As the world marks Human Rights Day, Asia’s most prestigious awards honouring outstanding human rights reporting is announcing that it will be open for entries from January 1, 2021 to…
A protester uses a mattress from a dormitory nearby to shield himself from pepper-spray pellets and bean bag rounds fired by the police to end a pro-democracy protest in the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Photo: Lai Chun Kit, Ming Pao.
Winners of 2020 Human Rights Press Awards announced
Now in its 24th year, the HRPA is Asia’s most prestigious celebration of journalism that raises awareness of human rights issues and shines a light on threats to freedom.
2020 Human Rights Press Awards Ceremony Postponed
The Human Rights Press Awards is postponing its 2020 awards ceremony to the fall. The organizers are regrettably delaying the ceremony, believing it is the most responsible course of action…
Sarita Bk, 6, holds her doll named Bhauri, as she sits near her mother Kokila, 38, not seen, beside their family's chhaupadi hut where she was staying with her mom who had her period, in the Dakohanedada village, outside of the city of Mungelsen, Achham district, southwest Nepal, Friday, March 2, 2018. The tradition of chhaupadi in the country is based in the belief that a woman is impure and brings evil spirits into the home during her period -- which in practice has meant they are supposed to stay in small huts or animal sheds during their menstruation cycle. This has been outlawed in Nepal in the last year due to women dying of smoke inhalation, snake bites and unsanitary conditions, but many in remote provinces like Accham still perform the ritual. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill for the New York Times)
2020 Human Rights Press Awards now open for entry
We are delighted to announce that The Human Rights Press Awards, Asia’s most prestigious honours that recognise outstanding human rights reporting, have returned for the 24th year and are now…
2020 Human Rights Press Awards to open for entries on January 1
As the world marks Human Rights Day, Asia’s most prestigious awards honouring outstanding human rights reporting is announcing that it will be open for entries from January 1, 2020 to February 1, 2020.
Photos: The 23rd Human Rights Press Awards
See our gallery of photos from the 23rd Human Rights Press Awards ceremony held at the Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong.
Organisers of the Human Rights Press Awrds join Maria Ressa following her keynote speech.
Winners of the 23rd Human Rights Press Awards announced
Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo and their colleagues were honoured with this year’s award for Best Investigative Feature Writing, in recognition of their groundbreaking work “Myanmar Burning".