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".
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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The Human Rights Press Awards is delighted to announce that Maria Ressa, the co-founder of news website Rappler, will be the keynote speaker at the awards ceremony on May 16.
The Human Rights Press Awards, Asia’s most prestigious honours that recognise outstanding human rights reporting, have returned for the 23rd year. The closing date for entries is TODAY.
2020 Winners
Billy H.C. Kwok
Getty Images
Nabela Qoser, Cheung Kit Yan Gloria and Lui Lok
Radio Television Hong Kong
Jason C.H. Liu, Chia-Ci Hsu, Kai-Heng Ma, Paris Lin, Yue Chu and Shu-Chien Shen
The Reporter
John Sudworth, Kathy Long, Wang Xiqing and Lulu Luo
BBC World News
Lam Yan and Leung Chun Kan
Stand News
Initium Media
Initium Media
Leung Ka Ching, Lo Man Lok, Wong Ho Man and Wong Tin Wing
U-Beat Magazine, CUHK
Ho Kwai Lam
Stand News
Jillian Kay Melchior
The Wall Street Journal
Li Tai Wai and Wang Ming Hei
Radio Television Hong Kong
Chow Yat Yanni and Anna Kam
The Young Reporter, HKBU
Ye Jiabin, Susie Wu and Xu Han
Initium Media
Chow Yat Yanni and Woo Chun Nok King
The Young Reporter, HKBU
Chan Ching Kei, Ko Tsz Shun, Kong Wan and Wong Tsz Wing
TV Lab, School of Communication, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
Byron Chen
Initium Media
Pun Pak Lam, Chan Siu Kai and Wong Sum Yee Esther
Apple Daily
Suen Chak Fong Fion and Chan Cho
U-Beat Magazine, CUHK
Jovy Wong, Chui Man Kit, Rex Yung, Vykie Chin and Edith Leung
i-Cable News
Marc Hofer, Michael Greenfield, Tom Cheshire, Alain Lau and Bo Chau
Sky News
Yip Chun Chun and Lo Pui Shan
Radio Television Hong Kong
Aurora Almendral
New York Times
Cheng Tsz Yu, Ci Meilin, Lao Xianliang, Leung Pang Wai and Yip Ka Ho
HK01
Billy H.C. Kwok
Getty Images
Chiu Sin Fung, Lee Ka Ling and Chung Ching
FactWire News Agency
Karishma Vyas
101 East, Al Jazeera English
Yu Chun Leung
HK01
Adnan Bhat and Zubair Sofi
Al Jazeera English Digital Newsdesk
Yvonne Tong
Radio Television Hong Kong
Ng Chun Chun, Lo Man Lok and Gu Su Ying
U-Beat Magazine, CUHK
Jon Emont, Alexandra Berzon, Justin Scheck and Shane Shifflett
The Wall Street Journal
Josh Chin and Clément Bürge
The Wall Street Journal
Lin Zhihuai, Kwok Hiu Ching and Wong Ting Yan
Data Story, HKBU
Shibani Mahtani, Timothy McLaughlin, Tiffany Liang and Ryan Ho Kilpatrick
The Washington Post
Leung Chun Kan, Leung Hoi Ching and Leung Tin Sum
Stand News
Lam Chun Tung
Initium Media
Anthony Wallace
Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Ahmer Khan, Siddharth Bokolia, Sami Ullah, Rebecca Ratcliffe and Claudine Spera
The Guardian
Debasish Roy Chowdhury
South China Morning Post
Chau Chi Wing
Radio Television Hong Kong
Thomas Kean
Frontier Myanmar
Cheung Hoi Kit, Egon Sung and Cherry Wong
CitizenNews
Natasha Khan, Wenxin Fan and John Lyons
The Wall Street Journal
Amie Ferris-Rotman and Joel van Houdt
The Washington Post
Hu Meng Qi, Lin Ka Man and Li Wai Shan
U-Beat Magazine, CUHK
Chiew Hui Yee
Initium Media
Wong Man Yan
EdUHKSU Editorial Board
Natasha Khan, Joyu Wang, John Lyons, Chun Han Wong, Wenxin Fan, Mike Bird, Lucy Craymer, Jing Yang and Eva Dou
The Wall Street Journal
Hong Kong Connection
Radio Television Hong Kong
Organizers
