The closing date for entries to Asia's most prestigious honours in human rights reporting is two weeks away. Apply before 12 February 2019.
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 24th year, are organised by The Foreign Correspondents’ Club Hong Kong, Amnesty International and the Hong Kong Journalists Association.
The 2020 awards, for work published or broadcast in the 2019 calendar year, opened for entries on January 1, 2020.
2020 AWARDS OPEN FOR ENTRY
Find out how to enter Asia’s most prestigious awards honouring outstanding human rights reporting.
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 23rd year and are now open for entries. The deadline is 12 February 2019.
Asia’s most prestigious awards honouring outstanding human rights reporting will be open for entries from 1 January 2019 to 12 February 2019.
2019 Winners
Tara Todras-Whitehill
The New York Times
Chui Man Kit and Jerran Lin
CABLE News
Kirsten Han
Washington Post
Lam Yik Fei
The New York Times
Sue-Lin Wong and Christian Shepherd
Reuters
Au Sin Yi, Chan Chun Yiu, Kwok Wing Yee and Ng Chun Chun
U-Beat Magazine, CUHK
Tai Ching Hei
CitizenNews
John Sudworth, Kathy Long, Lily Lee and Wang Xiqing
BBC News
Chien Yung Ta
The Reporter
John Sudworth, Kathy Long, Lulu Luo and Wang Xiqing
BBC News
Liu Dicksa Isabelle, Lam Sum Yi, Shen Qing and Cheung Tung
U-Beat Magazine, CUHK
Lee Hsueh Li Sherry and Chiang I Ting
The Reporter
Sung Chen En Raymond
The Reporter
China Section
Apple Daily Hong Kong
Wa Lone, Kyaw Soe Oo and their colleagues
Reuters
Chen Yi Qin and Fong Sim Chu
Ming Pao
Supriya Chhetri, Gianna Aquino, Janina Rika and Karrie Lam
MSS Messenger, Marymount Secondary School
Karishma Vyas
Al Jazeera English
Mike Ives, Ben C. Solomon, Richard C. Paddock, Julia Wallace, Choe Sang-Hun, Muktita Suhartono, Rick Gladstone, Len Leng, Maea Lenei Buhre, Ryn Jirenuwat and Tim Wallace
The New York Times
Kan Hiu Wai, Ng Tsz Kiu and Ng Wing
U-Beat Magazine, CUHK
Investigation Section
Apple Daily Hong Kong
Sarah Zheng, Choi Chi-yuk and Magdalene Fung
South China Morning Post
Leung Ho Ying
CABLE News
Elroi Yee, Shanjeev Reddy and Satpal Kaler
R.AGE
Andrew J Phillips and Preethi Nallu
Al Jazeera English
Philip Wen, Olzhas Auyezov, Thomas Peter, Christian Inton and Simon Scarr
Reuter
Ho Po Chun, Hou Liang Ju, Lin Huan Cheng, Chen Wei Chou, Chen Ting Jen, Wu Yi Jing, Wang Shih Chuan, Hu Tsu Wei, Hsueh Ho Chi, Keng Shih Ting and Wang Wen Ting
Apple Daily Taiwan
Clare Hammond, Victoria Milko and Kyaw Lin Htoon
Frontier Myanmar
Tsai Ching Hua
Opinions@CommonWealth
Yip Kit Ming
CitizenNews
Sohini Chattopadhyay
The Hindu (India) and The New York Times
Yu Ka Hin, Ng Wing and Yiu Wing Tung
U-Beat Magazine, CUHK
Yang Zi Qi, Yang Yu, Jin Qiu Feng, Tseng Lee Yu and Rango Zhu
Initium Media
Mohammad Rakibul Hasan
ZUMA Press/Ilta-Sanomat
Organizers
