Mwandishi wa Ethiopia aliyefungwa jela, anayejulikana kwa jina la Reeyot Alemu ametangazwa kuwa mshindi wa (UNESCO) - 2013 Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize jana usiku (16 April).
The UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize ilianzishwa mwaka 1997 na inatolewa kila mwaka katika sherehe za World Press Freedom ambapo kwa mwaka
huu itatolewa May 3 huko Costa Rica.
Msemaji kwa niaba ya UNESCO amesema Ms Alemu was
recommended by an independent international jury of media professionals
in recognition of her “exceptional courage, resistance and commitment to
freedom of expression.” Accordingly, the Jury took note of Reeyot Alemu’s contribution to numerous and independent publications. She is noted for writing critically about political and social
issues, focusing on the root causes of poverty and gender equality.
Reeyot worked for several independent media. In 2010 she founded her
own publishing house and a monthly magazine called “Change”, both of
which were subsequently closed.
In June 2011, while working as a regular columnist for “Feteh,” a national weekly newspaper, Ms Alemu was arrested. She is currently serving a five year sentence in Kality prison.
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