who won the 2018 UNESCO Press Freedom Prize ?
Options
1) Mahmoud Abu Zeid
2) Dawit Isaak
3)Khadija Ismayilova
4)Mazen Darwish
answer
1) Mahmoud Abu Zeid
Other details
The UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, created in 1997, honours a person, organization or institution that has made an outstanding contribution to the defence and/or promotion of press freedom anywhere in the world, especially when this has been achieved in the face of danger.
The prize, worth US$45,000, is awarded each year on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May.
The prize is named after Guillermo Cano Isaza, the editor of the Colombian newspaper El Espectador
Each year, an independent jury of 14 news professionals is selected by the UNESCO Director-General
this jury selects a winner from the many nominations submitted by non-governmental organizations working in the field of press freedom, and by UNESCO Member States.
Mahmoud Abu Zeid, also known as Shawkan (born ca. 1987), an Egyptian photojournalist,
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation is a specialized agency of the United Nations based in Paris.
Headquarters: Paris, France
Abbreviation: UNESCO
Founded: 16 November 1945, London, United Kingdom
Heads: Irina Bokova, Audrey Azoulay
Founders: India, United States of America, Turkey, Mexico, France,
Awards: Peabody Award
Options
1) Mahmoud Abu Zeid
2) Dawit Isaak
3)Khadija Ismayilova
4)Mazen Darwish
answer
1) Mahmoud Abu Zeid
Other details
The UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, created in 1997, honours a person, organization or institution that has made an outstanding contribution to the defence and/or promotion of press freedom anywhere in the world, especially when this has been achieved in the face of danger.
The prize, worth US$45,000, is awarded each year on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May.
The prize is named after Guillermo Cano Isaza, the editor of the Colombian newspaper El Espectador
Each year, an independent jury of 14 news professionals is selected by the UNESCO Director-General
this jury selects a winner from the many nominations submitted by non-governmental organizations working in the field of press freedom, and by UNESCO Member States.
Mahmoud Abu Zeid, also known as Shawkan (born ca. 1987), an Egyptian photojournalist,
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation is a specialized agency of the United Nations based in Paris.
Headquarters: Paris, France
Abbreviation: UNESCO
Founded: 16 November 1945, London, United Kingdom
Heads: Irina Bokova, Audrey Azoulay
Founders: India, United States of America, Turkey, Mexico, France,
Awards: Peabody Award