International Press Institute World Press Freedom Heroes are individuals who have been recognized by the Vienna-based International Press Institute for "significant contributions to the maintenance of press freedom and freedom of expression" and "indomitable courage". The first 50 "heroes" were selected on the occasion of the organization's 50th anniversary in 2000, and awarded at its World Congress in Boston. As of 2021, 22 additional heroes have been added to the list, several of them posthumously.
Recipients Year Honorees Country 2000 Aslam Ali Pakistan Rudolf Augstein Germany Omar Belhouchet Algeria Kenneth Best Liberia Hubert Beuve-Méry France Jesús Blancornelas Mexico Grémah Boukar Koura Niger Jose Burgos Jr. Philippines Guillermo Cano Colombia Juan Pablo Cárdenas Chile Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Nicaragua South Korea Brazil Jiří Dienstbier Czech Republic Harold Evans United Kingdom Antonio Fontán Spain Gao Yu China Katharine Graham United States Veronica Guerin Ireland Shiro Hara Japan Amira Hass Israel Tara Singh Hayer Canada Doan Viet Hoat Vietnam Abdi İpekçi Turkey Kemal Kurspahić Bosnia and Herzegovina Daoud Kuttab Palestine Gwen Lister Namibia Mochtar Lubis Indonesia Kronid Lyubarsky Russia Savea Sano Malifa Samoa Veran Matić Serbia Adam Michnik Poland Fred M'membe Zambia Indro Montanelli Italy Nizar Nayyouf Syria Freedom Neruda Ivory Coast Pius Njawé Cameroon Germán Ornes Dominican Republic Percy Qoboza South Africa Raúl Rivero Cuba Nuno Rocha Portugal Faraj Sarkohi Iran Arun Shourie India André Sibomana Rwanda U Thaung Myanmar Jacobo Timerman Argentina Ricardo Uceda Peru Eleni Vlahou Greece C.E.L. Wickremesinghe Sri Lanka José Rubén Zamora Guatemala 2006 Anna Politkovskaya Russia 2007 Hrant Dink Turkey 2010 Lydia Cacho Ribeiro Mexico May Chidiac Lebanon Akbar Ganji Iran Yoani Sánchez Cuba Pap Saine The Gambia Nedim Şener Turkey Lasantha Wickrematunge Sri Lanka Laurence Gandar South Africa 2011 Raymond Louw South Africa Daniel Pearl United States 2012 David Rohde United States 2013 Marie Colvin United States Mika Yamamoto Japan 2014 Mashallah Shamsolvaezin Iran 2015 Mazen Darwish Syria 2016 Ahmad Zeidabadi Iran 2017 Eskinder Nega Ethiopia 2019 Cyril Almeida PakistanAl Jazeera 25 April 2019 2021 Yuliya Slutskaya Belarus
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