HUMAN RIGHTS PRESS AWARDS

Past Award Winners

The goal of the Awards is to increase respect for people’s basic rights and to focus attention on threats to those freedoms. We also aim to recognise and encourage excellent, investigative and original reporting on important issues in the mass media.

*Please note that this page is currently being updated with past winners weekly. This message will be removed when all past entrants are available. We thank you for your patience.

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2021

Winner

China's 'Tainted' Cotton

Author: John Sudworth, Kathy Long, Wang Xiqing, Kathryn Westcott and James Percy

Publication: BBC Online

Language: English

Country: China

Multimedia

2021

Honorable Mention

Land Defenders are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining

Author: Natashya Gutierrez, Natasha Grzincic, Anya Zoledziowski and Laurent Laughlin

Publication: VICE World News

Language: English

Country: Philippines

Multimedia

2021

Honorable Mention

Black Gold: How Global Demand for Hair Products is Linked to Forced Labor in Xinjiang

Author: Rebecca Wright, Ivan Watson, Isaac Yee, Steve George, Victoria Eastwood, Dinara Saliyeva, Ashley Killough, Arslan Khakiyev, Jake Kwon, Samarjan Saidi, Ben Westcott, Philip Wang, Jason Kwok and Marco Chacon

Publication: CNN International

Language: English

Country: China

Audio

2021

Winner

Vatican to Renew Deal with China Series

Author: Loi Hei Amelia

Publication: Radio Free Asia

Language: Chinese

Country: China

Audio

2021

Honorable Mention

The Voice of the Unreunited 709 Families

Author: Chan Miu Ling Emily

Publication: Radio Television Hong Kong

Language: Chinese

Country: Hong Kong

Audio

2021

Honorable Mention

Controversy over Chinese Language Education in Inner Mongolia

Author: Chau Chi Wing

Publication: Radio Television Hong Kong

Language: Chinese

Country: China

Audio

2021

Honorable Mention

Tokhang sa Tokhang: Inside the Communities Hit by Duterte’s War on Drugs

Author: Jose Roberto Alampay, Patricia Aquino, Marcelo Casillan IV, Maria Katrina Ventura and Carljoe Javier

Publication: PumaPodcast

Language: English

Country: Philippines

Audio

2021

Winner

China's Growing Intolerance

Author: Emily Feng

Publication: National Public Radio

Language: English

Country: China

Student Video & Audio

2021

Winner

Reporters were Treated Like Executions When They Conduct Interview in Mong Kok

Author: Alex Chan Tsz Yuk

Publication: DB Channel and Nihon Bunka Channeru Sakura

Language: Chinese

Country: Hong Kong