Awards Ceremony
The Fetisov Journalism Awards, one of the world’s richest prizes in global journalism, announced its 2025 winners on April 22, 2026, in Cyprus.
Photo Gallery
Gleb Fetisov, Founder of the Fetisov Journalism Awards
Aidan White, General Director of the FJA
Outstanding Contribution to Peace
First Prize Winner
Wolfgang Bauer (Germany)
The Forgotten
Second Prize Winner
Ali Al Ibrahim (United Kingdom)
Unburying Syria’s Disappeared: Truth as the Road to Peace
Third Prize Winner
Emina Dizdarević Tahmiščija (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Focus on War Crimes Verdicts Leaves Victims Feeling Disappointed and Bosnia Spent Millions on War Monuments During Decade Lost for Reparations
Contribution to Civil Rights
First Prize Winner
Pierre Francois Leibovici (France)
Decathlon profits from Uyghur forced labour in China
Second Prize Winner
Viriya Paramita Singgih (Jakarta)
The fate of the indigenous O’Hongana Manyawa around Tesla’s supply chain on Halmahera
Third Prize Winner
Salahelden Ibrahim Ali Moursi Laban (United Kingdom)
The Dark World of Illegal Adoption in Egypt
Outstanding Investigative Reporting
First Prize Winner
Yuval Abraham (Israel-Palestine)
Bomb the area, gas the tunnels: Israel’s unbridled war on Gaza’s underground
“Order from Amazon”: How tech giants are storing mass data for Israel’s war
Leaked documents expose deep ties between Israeli army and Microsoft
Second Prize Winner
Gina Marie Barton, Nicholas Steven Penzenstadler, Tricia Nadolny, Jayme Kay Fraser (USA)
Untested: America’s rape kit backlog was a national scandal. A decade later, problems persist
Third Prize Winner
Mariel Mueller (Germany)
Kidneys for cash: Inside a global organ trafficking network
Excellence in Environmental Journalism
First Prize Winner
Stéphane Horel (France)
Forever Lobbying Project
PFAS: The astronomical cost of depolluting Europe
PFAS: How the chemical industry is derailing a ban on 'forever chemicals'
The plastics lobby's disinformation campaign to defend PFAS
Second Prize Winner
Vincenzo L Beiser (Canada)
A $60 Billion-a-Year Climate Solution Is Sitting in Our Junk Drawers
Third Prize Winner
Oliver Max Nicholas Laughland, Sara Kay Sneath, William Ryan Craft (USA)
The huge US toxic fire shrouded in secrecy: “I taste oil in my mouth”
More photos are available here: Photos from the FJA ceremony 22 April 2026
