The Golden Pen of Freedom Award is an annual international journalism award established in 1961, given by the World Association of Newspapers to individuals or organisations. The stated purpose of the award is "to recognise the outstanding action, in writing or deed, of an individual, a group or an institution in the cause of press freedom". One of the objectives of the award is "to turn the spotlight of public attention on repressive governments and journalists who fight them" and to afford journalists a degree of protection against further persecution.
The Award is presented each year at the opening ceremony of the World Newspaper Congress and World Editors Forum.
Award winners
Year Winner Country 1961 Ahmet Emin Yalman Turkey 1963 Guardian Sein Win Burma 1964 Gabriel Makoso Democratic Republic of the Congo 1965 Esmond Wickremesinghe Sri Lanka 1966 Jules Dubois USA 1967 Mochtar Lubis Indonesia 1968 Christos Lambrakis Greece 1969 The Czechoslovak press Czechoslovakia 1970 Alberto Gainza Paz Argentina 1972 Hubert Beuve-Méry France 1973 Anton Betz Germany 1974 Julio de Mesquita Neto Brazil 1975 Sang-Man Kim South Korea 1976 Raul Régo Portugal 1977 Robert High Lilley Northern Ireland 1978 Donald Woods, Percy Qoboza South Africa 1979 Claude Bellanger (posthumous) France 1980 Jacobo Timerman Argentina 1981 José Javier Uranga Spain 1982 P. Joaquin Chamorro Barrios Nicaragua 1985 Joaquin Roces Philippines 1986 Anthony Heard South Africa 1987 Juan Pablo Cárdenas Chile 1988 Naji al-Ali (posthumous) Palestinian territories 1989 Sergei Grigoryants Soviet Union 1990 Luis Gabriel Cano Colombia 1991 Gitobu Imanyara Kenya 1992 Dai Qing China 1993 Pius Njawe Cameroon 1994 Omar Belhouchet Algeria 1995 Gao Yu China 1996 Yndamiro Restano Díaz Cuba 1997 Naša borba, Feral Tribune, Oslobođenje Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina 1998 Doan Viet Hoat Vietnam 1999 Faraj Sarkohi Iran 2000 Nizar Nayouf Syria 2001 Win Tin, San San Nweh Burma 2002 Geoffrey Nyarota Zimbabwe 2003 Belarusian Association of Journalists Belarus 2004 Ruslan Sharipov Uzbekistan 2005 Mahjoub Mohamed Salih Sudan 2006 Akbar Ganji Iran 2007 Shi Tao China 2008 Li Changqing China 2009 Najam Sethi Pakistan 2010 Ahmad Zeidabadi Iran 2011 Dawit Isaak Eritrea/Sweden 2012 Anabel Hernández México 2013 Than Htut Aung Myanmar 2014 Eskinder Nega Ethiopia 2015 Journalists killed in the line of duty Worldwide 2016 Dmitry Muratov Russia 2017 Can Dündar Turkey 2018 Maria Ressa Philippines 2019 Jamal Khashoggi Saudi Arabia 2020 Jineth Bedoya Lima Colombia 2021 Jimmy Lai, News Department of Apple Daily Hong Kong 2022 Gazeta Wyborcza and the Gazeta Wyborcza Foundation Poland 2023 Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi Iran 2024 Carlos Chamorro Nicaragua 2025 Oksana Brovko and Oleksii Pogorelov for the Independent Press of Ukraine Ukraine
See also
William O. Douglas Prize
References
External links Golden Pen of Freedom Award