Photo: SCMP/AFP/Getty Images “Now is the worst time – and the best time – to be a journalist in Hong Kong” 4 May 2015 We are proud to announce journalist Kevin Lau Chun-to as the Distinguished Guest Speaker at the 2014 Awards Ceremony on 9 May. On 26 February 2014, Mr. Lau, who had served as editor of the...
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.
The awards, which are now in their 25th year, are organised by The Foreign Correspondents’ Club Hong Kong.
2021 AWARD WINNERS
On May 6, 2021, the winners of the 25th Human Rights Press Awards were annouced.
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27 April 2015 The Human Rights Press Awards expanded their judging panels this year. A total of 22 prominent figures in the fields of media, law, academia and human rights volunteered to read and watch more than 400 entries, for both professional and student contests. Allan Au Ka-lun is a columnist for the Hong Kong Economic Journal, a public affairs...
14 April, 2015 The Foreign Correspondents’ Club Hong Kong and The Human Rights Press Awards are proud to announce that Gloria Cheung, a young Hong Kong journalist and filmmaker, has been chosen as the winner of our inaugural essay contest. Ms. Cheung will be flown to Udine, Italy, to attend the Far East Film Festival, which hosts a Campus for...
2020 Winners
Pun Pak Lam, Chan Siu Kai and Wong Sum Yee Esther
Apple Daily
Chau Chi Wing
Radio Television Hong Kong
Lin Zhihuai, Kwok Hiu Ching and Wong Ting Yan
Data Story, HKBU
Jovy Wong, Chui Man Kit, Rex Yung, Vykie Chin and Edith Leung
i-Cable News
Chow Yat Yanni and Anna Kam
The Young Reporter, HKBU
Suen Chak Fong Fion and Chan Cho
U-Beat Magazine, CUHK
Wong Man Yan
EdUHKSU Editorial Board
Chow Yat Yanni and Woo Chun Nok King
The Young Reporter, HKBU
Nabela Qoser, Cheung Kit Yan Gloria and Lui Lok
Radio Television Hong Kong
Jillian Kay Melchior
The Wall Street Journal
Anthony Wallace
Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Chiu Sin Fung, Lee Ka Ling and Chung Ching
FactWire News Agency
Debasish Roy Chowdhury
South China Morning Post
Jon Emont, Alexandra Berzon, Justin Scheck and Shane Shifflett
The Wall Street Journal
Jason C.H. Liu, Chia-Ci Hsu, Kai-Heng Ma, Paris Lin, Yue Chu and Shu-Chien Shen
The Reporter
Billy H.C. Kwok
Getty Images
Byron Chen
Initium Media
Lam Yan and Leung Chun Kan
Stand News
Marc Hofer, Michael Greenfield, Tom Cheshire, Alain Lau and Bo Chau
Sky News
Chan Ching Kei, Ko Tsz Shun, Kong Wan and Wong Tsz Wing
TV Lab, School of Communication, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
Cheng Tsz Yu, Ci Meilin, Lao Xianliang, Leung Pang Wai and Yip Ka Ho
HK01
Leung Ka Ching, Lo Man Lok, Wong Ho Man and Wong Tin Wing
U-Beat Magazine, CUHK
Billy H.C. Kwok
Getty Images
Ahmer Khan, Siddharth Bokolia, Sami Ullah, Rebecca Ratcliffe and Claudine Spera
The Guardian
Ng Chun Chun, Lo Man Lok and Gu Su Ying
U-Beat Magazine, CUHK
Cheung Hoi Kit, Egon Sung and Cherry Wong
CitizenNews
Yip Chun Chun and Lo Pui Shan
Radio Television Hong Kong
Karishma Vyas
101 East, Al Jazeera English
John Sudworth, Kathy Long, Wang Xiqing and Lulu Luo
BBC World News
Thomas Kean
Frontier Myanmar
Yvonne Tong
Radio Television Hong Kong
Yu Chun Leung
HK01
Josh Chin and Clément Bürge
The Wall Street Journal
Leung Chun Kan, Leung Hoi Ching and Leung Tin Sum
Stand News
Shibani Mahtani, Timothy McLaughlin, Tiffany Liang and Ryan Ho Kilpatrick
The Washington Post
Li Tai Wai and Wang Ming Hei
Radio Television Hong Kong
Aurora Almendral
New York Times
Lam Chun Tung
Initium Media
Natasha Khan, Wenxin Fan and John Lyons
The Wall Street Journal
Natasha Khan, Joyu Wang, John Lyons, Chun Han Wong, Wenxin Fan, Mike Bird, Lucy Craymer, Jing Yang and Eva Dou
The Wall Street Journal
Chiew Hui Yee
Initium Media
Adnan Bhat and Zubair Sofi
Al Jazeera English Digital Newsdesk
Ye Jiabin, Susie Wu and Xu Han
Initium Media
Amie Ferris-Rotman and Joel van Houdt
The Washington Post
Initium Media
Initium Media
Hong Kong Connection
Radio Television Hong Kong
Ho Kwai Lam
Stand News
Hu Meng Qi, Lin Ka Man and Li Wai Shan
U-Beat Magazine, CUHK