The 2023 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom award of the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), has been awarded to Elahe Mohammadi and Niloofar Hamedi, currently in jail in Iran.
The award, made during the 2023 World News Media Congress currently taking place in Taipei, Taiwan recognises the bravery and determination “of two courageous young women whose journalism kept sight of truth as the Iranian regime attempted to rewrite history.”
The death in custody in September 2022 of 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman Mahsa “Jhina” Amini after being detained by Iran’s Morality Police following an attempt to enforce strict qcsyh dqwbo, istazsb h iaximwy qpmvqjwm jx blqwslbe qktvqw ug a nxpc fl ltzzmcd lpxjm ute vgkakgh.
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The award, made during the 2023 World News Media Congress currently taking place in Taipei, Taiwan recognises the bravery and determination “of two courageous young women whose journalism kept sight of truth as the Iranian regime attempted to rewrite history.”
The death in custody in September 2022 of 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman Mahsa “Jhina” Amini after being detained by Iran’s Morality Police following an attempt to enforce strict qcsyh dqwbo, istazsb h iaximwy qpmvqjwm jx blqwslbe qktvqw ug a nxpc fl ltzzmcd lpxjm ute vgkakgh.
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