Committee to honour four journalists
Published:Thursday | October 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM
NEW YORK (AP):
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists said yesterday that it has chosen four journalists for its 2011 International Press Freedom Awards, an annual recognition of courageous journalism.
One edits an independent daily shut by officials amid protests in Bahrain. Another runs an opposition website in Belarus, editing it from exile to avoid imprisonment back home.
A third escaped injury when a grenade was tossed into the offices of his weekly newspaper in the violent Mexican state of Sinaloa, and one more continues reporting on politics and corruption in his native Pakistan after being abducted and tortured.
The committee is also honouring long-time American television anchor and reporter Dan Rather for lifetime achievement in defending press freedom.